U+24E9 "ⓩ" Circled Latin Small Letter Z Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ⓩ
U+24E9 "ⓩ" Circled Latin Small Letter Z is a typographic glyph that represents the lowercase letter "z" enclosed within a circle, belonging to the "Enclosed Alphanumerics" block of the Unicode standard. It is commonly used in contexts such as lists, diagrams, or numerical sequences where a stylized or decorative marker is needed, serving as a visual cue for the 26th and final position in the Latin alphabet. This character also appears in older computer interfaces, mathematical notation, or as part of circled letter sets for educational or informational purposes, providing a distinct and recognizable alternative to the plain letter "z".
General Properties
| Code Point | U+24E9 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Circled Latin Small Letter Z |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumerics |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
| Decomposition Type | Circle |
| Decomposition Mapping | "z" U+007A Latin Small Letter Z |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⓩ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⓩ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x93 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x24E9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000024E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u24e9 |
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+24CF Circled Latin Capital Letter Z |
| Simple Titlecase Code Point | "Ⓩ" U+24CF Circled Latin Capital Letter Z |
| Uppercase Code Point | "Ⓩ" U+24CF Circled Latin Capital Letter Z |
| Titlecase Code Point | "Ⓩ" U+24CF Circled Latin Capital Letter Z |
| Cased | Yes |
| Changes When Casemapped | Yes |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| Changes When Titlecased | Yes |
| Changes When Uppercased | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "z" U+007A Latin Small Letter Z |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "z" U+007A Latin Small Letter Z |
| 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 |