Tortoise Shell Bracketed Latin Capital Letter S 🄪
🄪 (U+1F12A) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.
What it is and where it’s used: Tortoise Shell Bracketed Latin Capital Letter S is part of the Symbols family (block: Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.
History & usage: The character depicts TORTOISE SHELL BRACKETED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S. It is used to enclose groups, parameters, or quoted text in writing and code. It marks items in lists, separates arguments in commands, and brackets strings in code samples. In documentation, it helps show boundaries and values clearly. Practical uses include delimiting a parameter value in a script, enclosing a quoted phrase in a user guide, and signaling a group in a data format. Across platforms, it should render consistently in fonts that support the glyph. Ensure sufficient contrast and accessibility support for screen readers when used with descriptive text.
Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+1F12A in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.
Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.
Related references: browse the Categories for similar characters. When choosing a symbol, prefer the official codepoint for semantic clarity and better compatibility with search, copy, and accessibility tooling.
See our category page for related symbols.
Technical details
- Codepoint:
U+1F12A - General Category:
So - Age:
5.2 - Bidi Class:
L - Decomposition:
<compat> 3014 0053 3015 - Block:
Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement - Script:
Common - UTF-8:
F0 9F 84 AA - UTF-16:
D83C DD2A - UTF-32:
0001F12A - HTML dec:
🄪 - HTML hex:
🄪 - JS escape:
\u{1F12A} - Python \N{}:
\N{TORTOISE SHELL BRACKETED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S} - Python \U:
\U0001F12A - URL-encoded:
%F0%9F%84%AA - CSS escape:
\1F12A
How to type / insert
Fast copy: click the Copy button near the top of this page.
By codepoint: in many editors and IDEs, you can insert via the Unicode code U+1F12A or a built‑in character picker.
HTML: use the numeric entity &#x1f12a; (hex) or &#127274; (decimal) when an HTML entity is needed.
Compatibility & troubleshooting
Font support: if the symbol does not render, the current font likely lacks this codepoint. Choose a font with broad Unicode coverage or allow a fallback font.
Web pages: ensure your CSS font stack includes a general fallback; avoid relying on images for common symbols to preserve accessibility and copyability.