U+24C8 "Ⓢ" Circled Latin Capital Letter S Unicode Character

U+24C8 "Ⓢ" Circled Latin Capital Letter S is a typographic symbol that belongs to the Enclosed Alphanumerics block, used to represent the letter S enclosed within a circle. Its primary function is ornamental or informational, often appearing in diagrams, signage, or user interface elements to denote a specific category, such as "Service," "Stop," or "Settings," depending on context. The character allows for consistent rendering across different platforms without relying on images or specialized fonts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+24C8
Version Added	1.1
Name	Circled Latin Capital Letter S
Block	Enclosed Alphanumerics
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Circle
Decomposition Mapping	"S" U+0053 Latin Capital Letter S

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	Ⓢ
HTML Hex Encoding	Ⓢ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x93 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding	0x24C8
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000024C8
C/C++/Java Escape	\u24c8

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+24E2 Circled Latin Small Letter S
Lowercase Code Point	"ⓢ" U+24E2 Circled Latin Small Letter S
Simple Case Folding	"ⓢ" U+24E2 Circled Latin Small Letter S
Case Folding	"ⓢ" U+24E2 Circled Latin Small Letter S
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When Lowercased	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S
NFKC Simple Casefold	"s" U+0073 Latin Small Letter S
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