U+24DE "ⓞ" Circled Latin Small Letter O Unicode Character

U+24DE "ⓞ" Circled Latin Small Letter O is a typographic symbol that consists of the lowercase letter "o" enclosed within a circle, belonging to the Enclosed Alphanumerics block. It is primarily used in visual contexts such as diagrams, lists, or signage to denote an item or option, often serving as a marker for a point of interest or a placeholder in instructional or decorative text. This character can also appear in certain software interfaces or in the representation of keyboard keys, though it is distinct from the more common circled "O" used for the copyright symbol.

General Properties

Code Point	U+24DE
Version Added	1.1
Name	Circled Latin Small 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+006F Latin Small Letter O

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	ⓞ
HTML Hex Encoding	ⓞ
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x93 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding	0x24DE
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000024DE
C/C++/Java Escape	\u24de

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+24C4 Circled Latin Capital Letter O
Simple Titlecase Code Point	"Ⓞ" U+24C4 Circled Latin Capital Letter O
Uppercase Code Point	"Ⓞ" U+24C4 Circled Latin Capital Letter O
Titlecase Code Point	"Ⓞ" U+24C4 Circled Latin Capital Letter O
Cased	Yes
Changes When Casemapped	Yes
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
Changes When Titlecased	Yes
Changes When Uppercased	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	Lower