U+24C4 "Ⓞ" Circled Latin Capital Letter O Unicode Character

U+24C4 "Ⓞ" Circled Latin Capital Letter O is a typographic symbol classified under the Enclosed Alphanumerics block, representing a capital letter 'O' enclosed within a circle. It is primarily used for visual emphasis in lists, diagrams, or instructional contexts, often serving as a marker for options, objectives, or ordinal roles in a sequence. This character can function as a stylized bullet point or a placeholder in legacy computing environments, and it is distinct from the similar-looking copyright symbol or other circled letters due to its specific Unicode encoding and design.

General Properties

Code Point	U+24C4
Version Added	1.1
Name	Circled Latin Capital Letter O
Block	Enclosed Alphanumerics
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Circle
Decomposition Mapping	"O" U+004F Latin Capital Letter O

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	Ⓞ
HTML Hex Encoding	Ⓞ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x93 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding	0x24C4
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000024C4
C/C++/Java Escape	\u24c4

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+24DE Circled Latin Small Letter O
Lowercase Code Point	"ⓞ" U+24DE Circled Latin Small Letter O
Simple Case Folding	"ⓞ" U+24DE Circled Latin Small Letter O
Case Folding	"ⓞ" U+24DE Circled Latin Small Letter O
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Lowercased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"o" U+006F Latin Small Letter O
NFKC Simple Casefold	"o" U+006F Latin Small Letter O
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