U+24C1 "Ⓛ" Circled Latin Capital Letter L Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Ⓛ
U+24C1 "Ⓛ" Circled Latin Capital Letter L is part of the Enclosed Alphanumerics block, encoded in version 1.1 of the Unicode Standard to provide a graphical representation of the letter L enclosed within a circle. Its primary uses include serving as a symbol in diagrams, maps, and lists for labeling items, such as marking a legal left turn or indicating a specific option in a set of choices. The character supports both uppercase and casing mappings, allowing it to pair with its lowercase counterpart U+24D1 "ⓛ", and it is often utilized in contexts where space is limited but distinct visual identification is needed, such as in interface design or educational materials.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+24C1 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Latin Capital Letter L |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumerics |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Circle |
| Decomposition Mapping | "L" U+004C Latin Capital Letter L |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ⓛ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ⓛ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x93 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x24C1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000024C1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u24c1 |
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+24DB Circled Latin Small Letter L |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ⓛ" U+24DB Circled Latin Small Letter L |
| Simple Case Folding | "ⓛ" U+24DB Circled Latin Small Letter L |
| Case Folding | "ⓛ" U+24DB Circled Latin Small Letter L |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "l" U+006C Latin Small Letter L |
| 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 |