What ⒆ means
It marks item 19 in a list or reference. Its shape fits inline without starting a separate list.
The Unicode 16.0 standard describes the wider enclosed-number set as legacy forms preserved from older East Asian character encodings; the set includes compact list markers. Ordinary list formatting is easier to maintain in editable documents.
A compact, formal-looking mark for lists and references.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Circled Number Nineteen
Circled 19; ⒆ has parentheses.
⒚
Number Nineteen Full Stop
A full stop follows 19 here; ⒆ has parentheses.
(19) Four ordinary characters; Unicode maps ⒆ to this form for compatibility.
Related characters
2
Combination ideas
3Items eighteen to twenty of a parenthesized list
Item nineteen checked off
One item left before the list's last, twenty
Questions people ask
1Why does ⒆ sometimes show as a box?
It can happen when the font lacks this character, which may appear as an empty box or fallback design. Check the font used in the final document.
More like this
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How to type or find ⒆
- Search it as
- parenthesized 19 · numbered list marker · Unicode 2486
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⒆CSS
\2486Windows
In Microsoft Word, enter hexadecimal
2486 and press Alt+X. Other apps may need a character map.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⒆
HTML hex
⒆
CSS content
content: "\2486";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%92%86
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.