U+24CA "Ⓤ" Circled Latin Capital Letter U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Ⓤ
U+24CA "Ⓤ" Circled Latin Capital Letter U is a typographic symbol in the Enclosed Alphanumerics block, representing a capital letter U enclosed within a circle. It is commonly used in various contexts such as labeling, diagrams, or interface icons where alphabetical enumeration or categorization is needed, often appearing in standardized lists, educational materials, or as a placeholder in UI elements. The character retains the visual form of the letter U while the circle adds emphasis or serves a functional role, like marking a specific option or item in a visual set, and it is distinct from both the regular uppercase U and other circled variant forms in its design.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+24CA |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Latin Capital Letter U |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumerics |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Circle |
| Decomposition Mapping | "U" U+0055 Latin Capital Letter U |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ⓤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ⓤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x93 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x24CA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000024CA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u24ca |
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+24E4 Circled Latin Small Letter U |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ⓤ" U+24E4 Circled Latin Small Letter U |
| Simple Case Folding | "ⓤ" U+24E4 Circled Latin Small Letter U |
| Case Folding | "ⓤ" U+24E4 Circled Latin Small Letter U |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "u" U+0075 Latin Small Letter U |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "u" U+0075 Latin Small Letter U |
| 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 |