U+24B5 "⒵" Parenthesized Latin Small Letter Z Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+24B5 "⒵" Parenthesized Latin Small Letter Z is a typographic symbol that belongs to the Enclosed Alphanumerics block, representing a lowercase letter Z enclosed within a set of parentheses. It is part of a larger standardized set of parenthesized letters and numbers, which were originally designed for use in ordered lists, outlines, or diagrams where a compact and visually distinct marker is needed. This character is encoded for compatibility with legacy encoding standards and is often used in place of manually formatted parentheses to ensure consistent display across different systems and fonts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+24B5 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Parenthesized Latin Small Letter Z |
| 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 "z" U+007A Latin Small Letter Z ")" U+0029 Right Parenthesis |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⒵ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⒵ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x92 0xB5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x24B5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000024B5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u24b5 |