U+24BC "Ⓖ" Circled Latin Capital Letter G Unicode Character
U+24BC "Ⓖ" Circled Latin Capital Letter G is a typographic symbol primarily used in various systems of notation, such as in musical chord symbols to represent the G major chord within a circle, or in older forms of list labeling and mathematical annotation where a circled letter serves as a distinct marker for a specific item or variable. It belongs to the Enclosed Alphanumerics block, which was added to the Unicode standard specifically to provide compatibility with preexisting character sets and legacy software that used such enclosed forms for decorative or functional purposes. Though its usage has diminished with modern styling options, it remains a valid and standardized character for representing the letter G inside a circular enclosure.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+24BC |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Latin Capital Letter G |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumerics |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Circle |
| Decomposition Mapping | "G" U+0047 Latin Capital Letter G |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ⓖ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ⓖ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x92 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x24BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000024BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u24bc |
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 |
| Uppercase | Yes |
| Other Uppercase | Yes |
| Simple Lowercase Code Point | "ⓖ" U+24D6 Circled Latin Small Letter G |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ⓖ" U+24D6 Circled Latin Small Letter G |
| Simple Case Folding | "ⓖ" U+24D6 Circled Latin Small Letter G |
| Case Folding | "ⓖ" U+24D6 Circled Latin Small Letter G |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "g" U+0067 Latin Small Letter G |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "g" U+0067 Latin Small Letter G |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Alphabetic | Yes |
| Other Alphabetic | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Alphabetic letter |
| Sentence Break | Upper |