U+24A7 "⒧" Parenthesized Latin Small Letter L Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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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 |