U+24E4 "ⓤ" Circled Latin Small Letter U Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⓤ
U+24E4 "ⓤ" Circled Latin Small Letter U is a typographic symbol that belongs to the "Enclosed Alphanumerics" block, representing the lowercase letter "u" enclosed within a circle. It is often used in contexts where visual distinction or enumeration is needed, such as in diagrams, user interface elements, or pedagogical materials to denote a specific option, a key on a keyboard, or an item in a labeled list. This character is part of a larger set of circled alphanumeric characters, which are sometimes employed in place of standard letters for decorative or symbolic purposes in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+24E4 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Latin Small 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+0075 Latin Small Letter U |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⓤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⓤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x93 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x24E4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000024E4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u24e4 |
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+24CA Circled Latin Capital Letter U |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ⓤ" U+24CA Circled Latin Capital Letter U |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ⓤ" U+24CA Circled Latin Capital Letter U |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ⓤ" U+24CA Circled Latin Capital Letter U |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | 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 | Lower |