U+24E5 "ⓥ" Circled Latin Small Letter V Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⓥ
U+24E5 "ⓥ" Circled Latin Small Letter V is a typographic symbol that consists of the lowercase letter "v" enclosed within a circle. This character belongs to the Enclosed Alphanumerics block, which was standardized to provide visual representations for a variety of alphabetical and numerical symbols, often used in diagrams, lists, or instructional contexts to denote items, steps, or categories. Its design allows it to function as a distinct marker or label, frequently appearing in older software interfaces, signage, or educational materials where a circled letter serves to highlight or index a particular choice or option without relying on ordinal numbering.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+24E5 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Latin Small Letter V |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumerics |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Circle |
| Decomposition Mapping | "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⓥ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⓥ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x93 0xA5 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x24E5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000024E5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u24e5 |
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+24CB Circled Latin Capital Letter V |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ⓥ" U+24CB Circled Latin Capital Letter V |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ⓥ" U+24CB Circled Latin Capital Letter V |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ⓥ" U+24CB Circled Latin Capital Letter V |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "v" U+0076 Latin Small Letter V |
| 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 |