U+24A7 "⒧" Parenthesized Latin Small Letter L Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+24A7 "⒧" Parenthesized Latin Small Letter L is a typographic symbol from the Enclosed Alphanumerics block, designed to represent the lowercase letter "l" enclosed within matching parentheses for use in ordered lists, annotations, or labeling systems where a parenthesized letter is needed. It is primarily employed in plain text contexts as a stylistic alternative to manually typing a letter with parentheses, ensuring consistent rendering across different platforms and fonts, though its use has declined with the rise of more sophisticated formatting options like HTML list elements.

General Properties

Code Point U+24A7
Version Added 1.1
Name Parenthesized Latin Small Letter L
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
"l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L
")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⒧
HTML Hex Encoding ⒧
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x92 0xA7
UTF-16 Encoding 0x24A7
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000024A7
C/C++/Java Escape \u24a7

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic)
East Asian Width Ambiguous
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis
"l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L
")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis
NFKC Simple Casefold "(" U+0028 Left Parenthesis
"l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L
")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other