Ⓑ is the Unicode character CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B, code point U+24B7 (decimal 9399) in the Enclosed Alphanumerics block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write Ⓑ, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 92 B7.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+24B7 |
| Decimal | 9399 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 92 B7 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 24B7 |
| UTF-32 | 000024B7 |
| HTML decimal | Ⓑ |
| HTML hex | Ⓑ |
| CSS | \24B7 |
| JavaScript | \u24B7 |
| JSON | \u24B7 |
| Python | \u24B7 |
| Python by name | \N{CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B} |
| Java, C# | \u24B7 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{24B7} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u24B7 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%92%B7 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B |
| Code point | U+24B7 (decimal 9399) |
| Block | Enclosed Alphanumerics (U+2460–U+24FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | L: Left-to-right |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B has a compatibility decomposition (circle) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Upper and lower case
- ⓑ U+24D1 Circled Latin Small Letter B — Lowercase
Nearby in Enclosed Alphanumerics
- ⒯ U+24AF Parenthesized Latin Small Letter T
- ⒰ U+24B0 Parenthesized Latin Small Letter U
- ⒱ U+24B1 Parenthesized Latin Small Letter V
- ⒲ U+24B2 Parenthesized Latin Small Letter W
- ⒳ U+24B3 Parenthesized Latin Small Letter X
- ⒴ U+24B4 Parenthesized Latin Small Letter Y
- ⒵ U+24B5 Parenthesized Latin Small Letter Z
- Ⓐ U+24B6 Circled Latin Capital Letter A
- Ⓒ U+24B8 Circled Latin Capital Letter C
- Ⓓ U+24B9 Circled Latin Capital Letter D
- Ⓔ U+24BA Circled Latin Capital Letter E
- Ⓕ U+24BB Circled Latin Capital Letter F
- Ⓖ U+24BC Circled Latin Capital Letter G
- Ⓗ U+24BD Circled Latin Capital Letter H
- Ⓘ U+24BE Circled Latin Capital Letter I
- Ⓙ U+24BF Circled Latin Capital Letter J
All 160 characters: Enclosed Alphanumerics.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for Ⓑ?
- Use Ⓑ (decimal) or Ⓑ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+24B7?
- E2 92 B7 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%92%B7.
- How do I write U+24B7 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u24B7. Python: \u24B7.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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