How do I type the 🅚 negative circled latin capital letter k symbol?

On Windows, type 1F15A and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 1f15a. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.

What is the code for 🅚?

Negative Circled Latin Capital Letter K is U+1F15A. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.

What kind of character is 🅚?

Negative Circled Latin Capital Letter K is filed under Other symbol in the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block, and was introduced in Unicode 6.0. 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.

U+1F15A · Other symbol

Negative Circled Latin Capital Letter K Symbol 🅚

🅚 is negative circled latin capital letter k, U+1F15A. Unicode also records it as “Kurort (spa)”. It was added in Unicode 6.0, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.

Also known as

Kurort (spa)

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+1F15A`
HTML hex	`🅚`
HTML decimal	`🅚`
CSS	`\1F15A`
JavaScript	`\u{1F15A}`
Python	`\U0001F15A`
Java / C#	`\uD83C\uDD5A`
Rust	`\u{1f15a}`
Swift	`\u{1F15A}`
PHP	`\u{1F15A}`
URL encoded	`%F0%9F%85%9A`
UTF-8 bytes	`F0 9F 85 9A`
UTF-16 bytes	`D83C DD5A`
Base64	`8J+Fmg==`
Decimal	`127322`
Category	Other symbol (So)
Introduced	Unicode 6.0

Will 🅚 survive being pasted?

Normalisation. Yes. 🅚 is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
Legacy encodings. 🅚 sits above U+FFFF, so it needs a surrogate pair in UTF-16. Software that counts characters by code unit will report it as two.
Size. 4 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.

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Nearby in Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement

Letters and numbers in squares, circles and boxes beyond what the original enclosed block held, including the regional-indicator letters that flag emoji are assembled from.

All 200 characters in Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement →

How to type 🅚

Windows	Type `1F15A` then press `Alt`+`X`
macOS	Press `Ctrl`+`Cmd`+`Space`, then search for “negative circled latin capital letter k”
Linux	Press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`, type `1f15a`, 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 🅚 negative circled latin capital letter k symbol?: On Windows, type 1F15A and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 1f15a. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for 🅚?: Negative Circled Latin Capital Letter K is U+1F15A. In UTF-8 it takes 4 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
What kind of character is 🅚?: Negative Circled Latin Capital Letter K is filed under Other symbol in the Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement block, and was introduced in Unicode 6.0. 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.