U+24C5 · Other symbol
Circled Latin Capital Letter P Symbol Ⓟ
Ⓟ is circled latin capital letter p, U+24C5. Unicode records it as a compatibility form of P (circle form). It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+24C5 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | Ⓟ | |
| HTML decimal | Ⓟ | |
| CSS | \24C5 | |
| JavaScript | \u{24C5} | |
| Python | \U000024C5 | |
| Java / C# | \u24C5 | |
| Rust | \u{24c5} | |
| Swift | \u{24C5} | |
| PHP | \u{24C5} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%93%85 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 93 85 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 24C5 | |
| Base64 | 4pOF | |
| Decimal | 9413 | |
| Decomposes to | P (circle form) | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 1.1 | |
Will Ⓟ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. No. Anything that applies NFKC — search indexes, usernames, domain names, programming identifiers — rewrites Ⓟ as
P. Safe for display, not for storage. - Legacy encodings. Ⓟ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
- Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Unicode cross-references
The standard points readers of Ⓟ at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.
Nearby in Enclosed Alphanumerics
Letters and digits inside circles, parentheses and full stops. Widely used for numbered lists in plain text, though NFKC normalisation strips the enclosure and leaves the bare character.
How to type Ⓟ
| Windows | Type 24C5 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “circled latin capital letter p” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 24c5, press Enter |
| HTML | Ⓟ |
About Unicode’s Other symbol category
Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the Ⓟ circled latin capital letter p symbol?
- On Windows, type 24C5 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 24c5. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for Ⓟ?
- Circled Latin Capital Letter P is U+24C5. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- Will Ⓟ survive being pasted anywhere?
- Not always. Circled Latin Capital Letter P is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with P. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.