U+24C2 "Ⓜ" Circled Latin Capital Letter M Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Ⓜ
U+24C2 "Ⓜ" Circled Latin Capital Letter M is a typographic symbol that depicts the letter M enclosed within a circle, part of the Enclosed Alphanumerics block in Unicode. It is commonly used in various contexts such as mapping and signage to denote a metro or subway station, particularly in cities like Tokyo where the symbol appears on train maps and station markers. Beyond transit use, it can also serve as a generic placeholder, a decorative letter, or a marker in lists and diagrams. Its design ensures clear legibility at small sizes, making it effective for both digital interfaces and printed materials where space is limited.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+24C2 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Latin Capital Letter M |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumerics |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Circle |
| Decomposition Mapping | "M" U+004D Latin Capital Letter M |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ⓜ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ⓜ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x93 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x24C2 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000024C2 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u24c2 |
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+24DC Circled Latin Small Letter M |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ⓜ" U+24DC Circled Latin Small Letter M |
| Simple Case Folding | "ⓜ" U+24DC Circled Latin Small Letter M |
| Case Folding | "ⓜ" U+24DC Circled Latin Small Letter M |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "m" U+006D Latin Small Letter M |
| 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 |
| Emoji | Yes |
| Extended Pictographic | Yes |