U+24D0 "ⓐ" Circled Latin Small Letter A Unicode Character

U+24D0 "ⓐ" Circled Latin Small Letter A is a typographic symbol that represents the lowercase letter "a" enclosed within a circle, belonging to the Enclosed Alphanumerics block of the Unicode standard. It is commonly used in contexts such as labeling, lists, or diagrams to denote a specific item or option, often as a visual marker in user interfaces or instructional materials. This character also appears in decorative text and mathematical annotations, serving as a stylized alternative to the plain letter "a" while maintaining its fundamental alphabetic identity.

General Properties

Code Point	U+24D0
Version Added	1.1
Name	Circled Latin Small Letter A
Block	Enclosed Alphanumerics
General Category	Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Left To Right
Decomposition Type	Circle
Decomposition Mapping	"a" U+0061 Latin Small Letter A

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⓐ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⓐ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x93 0x90
UTF-16 Encoding	0x24D0
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000024D0
C/C++/Java Escape	\u24d0

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
Lowercase	Yes
Other Lowercase	Yes
Simple Uppercase Code Point	"Ⓐ" U+24B6 Circled Latin Capital Letter A
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⓐ" U+24B6 Circled Latin Capital Letter A
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⓐ" U+24B6 Circled Latin Capital Letter A
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⓐ" U+24B6 Circled Latin Capital Letter A
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"a" U+0061 Latin Small Letter A
NFKC Simple Casefold	"a" U+0061 Latin Small Letter A
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	Lower