Alt Code Shortcuts for Encircled Letters – WebNots (2024)

Unicode has a category of symbols for all encircled alphanumeric with a code range 2460 to 24FF. This includes numbers and letters encircled with any additional parts like circle and parenthesis. In our previous articles, we have explained how to type circled numbers and alt code shortcuts for various types of English letters. If you wonder how to type circled letters, here is a complete list of alt code shortcuts for circled letters.

Encircled Letters

You can type the encircled letters in the following formats:

• Capital letters inside circle like Ⓐ Ⓝ Ⓦ
• Small letters inside circle like ⓔ ⓢ ⓟ
• Capital letters encircled with parenthesis like 🄔 🄝 🄩
• Small letters encircled with parenthesis like ⒢ ⒧ ⒳
• Special characters like © ®

Alt Code Shortcuts for Encircled Letters

Below is the complete list of keyboard shortcuts using alt keys to type capital and small encircled letters in different formats.

Inserting Circled Letters on Windows

You can use one of the alt keys and type the decimal numbers using number pad. For example, alt + 9411 will produce circled capital N like Ⓝ.

If you do not have a keyboard with number pad then try the alt + x method. Type the hexadecimal codes and then press alt + x to convert it into a circled letter. For example, 24D6 + alt + x will produce circled small letter g like ⓖ. This works on Word documents and you can copy / paste the symbols on Excel and PowerPoint.

Inserting Circled Letters on Mac

You can also use the alt code shortcuts in Mac by changing the keyboard input to Unicode Hex Input. For example, press alt + 24A6 will produce parenthesized small k like ⒦. However, this will only work for the 4 digit hexadecimal codes.

You can also use Character Viewer app in order to insert all types of circled numbers on Mac.

• Press “Control + Command + Spacebar” to open Spotlight Search.
• Type “Character Viewer” and open the app.
• On the Character Viewer app, type “circled” in the search box and filter the results.
• You can find all circled letters to choose and insert.
• You can also choose the font variation to insert customized variation of the symbols.

Using in Web Documents

You can change the format of decimal and hexadecimal codesto use in the web documents like HTML, CSS and JavaScript as escape characters.

• HTML – you can either use decimal code or hexadecimal decimal code in the below format to insert the symbols in HTML.

<span>&#9405;</span><span>&#x24BD;</span>

• CSS – use hexadecimal code in the format \24C4.
• JavaScript – use hexadecimal code in the format \u24C2.

Font Variations

The Character Viewer app on Mac by default allows plenty of font variations for each symbol. However, on Windows you should customize the size and format manually like any other text content.

Typing Circled Characters in Microsoft Office Apps

There is also an in-built option available in Microsoft Word and PowerPoint apps for inserting enclosed characters with circle, square, triangle and diamond shapes.

• Open Word and go to “Home” tab in the ribbon.
• Click the “Enclose Characters” icon to open a pop-up.
• Select “Enlarge symbol” option, type or select the character and choose circle enclosure.
• Click “OK” button to insert the encircled character.

The advantage of this method is that you can type any character and easily enclose it with a circle.