U+24CC "Ⓦ" Circled Latin Capital Letter W Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
Ⓦ
U+24CC "Ⓦ" Circled Latin Capital Letter W is a typographic symbol that consists of a standard Latin capital letter W enclosed within a circle, classified under the “Enclosed Alphanumerics” block. It is primarily used as a visual marker or decorative element in lists, diagrams, maps, and signage to denote a specific item, option, or point of interest, often representing the letter W in a sequence of circled letters. This character can also serve as a stylized logo element or as a component in Japanese “kumimoji” for aesthetic or organizational purposes, and it is distinct from similar‑looking emoji or symbols by its simple, unembellished design.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+24CC |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Latin Capital Letter W |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumerics |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Circle |
| Decomposition Mapping | "W" U+0057 Latin Capital Letter W |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ⓦ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ⓦ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x93 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x24CC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000024CC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u24cc |
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+24E6 Circled Latin Small Letter W |
| Lowercase Code Point | "ⓦ" U+24E6 Circled Latin Small Letter W |
| Simple Case Folding | "ⓦ" U+24E6 Circled Latin Small Letter W |
| Case Folding | "ⓦ" U+24E6 Circled Latin Small Letter W |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When Lowercased | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "w" U+0077 Latin Small Letter W |
| 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 |