U+24A6 "⒦" Parenthesized Latin Small Letter K Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+24A6 "⒦" Parenthesized Latin Small Letter K is a typographic symbol that represents the lowercase letter K enclosed within a pair of parentheses, classified under the Enclosed Alphanumerics block. It is primarily used in contexts such as list formatting, academic annotations, or reference symbols where a parenthesized letter is needed for organizational clarity or stylistic consistency. This character, like others in its range, provides a standardized single glyph that eliminates the need for manual combining of a parenthesis and a letter, ensuring uniform display across different systems and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+24A6 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Parenthesized Latin Small Letter K |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumerics |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis "k" U+006B Latin Small Letter K ")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⒦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⒦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x92 0xA6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x24A6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000024A6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u24a6 |