U+24C3 "Ⓝ" Circled Latin Capital Letter N Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+24C3 "Ⓝ" Circled Latin Capital Letter N is a typographic symbol belonging to the Enclosed Alphanumerics block, designed as a capital letter N enclosed within a circle. It is primarily used in lists, diagrams, or instructional contexts to denote an item or step labeled with the letter N, often serving as a decorative or categorical marker rather than a standard alphabetic character. This character can also appear in certain notational systems, such as music theory for labeling chord positions, or in informal writing to emphasize a specific point. Its encoding allows for consistent rendering across digital platforms, ensuring it displays as a distinct glyph rather than relying on a combination of a letter and a separate circle character.

General Properties

Code Point U+24C3
Version Added 1.1
Name Circled Latin Capital Letter N
Block Enclosed Alphanumerics
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Circle
Decomposition Mapping "N" U+004E Latin Capital Letter N

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding Ⓝ
HTML Hex Encoding Ⓝ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x93 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding 0x24C3
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000024C3
C/C++/Java Escape \u24c3

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+24DD Circled Latin Small Letter N
Lowercase Code Point "ⓝ" U+24DD Circled Latin Small Letter N
Simple Case Folding "ⓝ" U+24DD Circled Latin Small Letter N
Case Folding "ⓝ" U+24DD Circled Latin Small Letter N
Cased Yes
Changes When Casefolded Yes
Changes When Casemapped Yes
Changes When Lowercased Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "n" U+006E Latin Small Letter N
NFKC Simple Casefold "n" U+006E Latin Small Letter N
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