Unicode Character "" (U+0016)

The character  (Synchronous Idle) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+0016. It is encoded in the Basic Latin block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as .

Main Unicode Properties

Name Synchronous Idle
Unicode Codepoint U+0016
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Basic Latin
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Boundary Neutral (BN)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Control
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+0016 Conversion

HTML (decimal) 
HTML (hex) 
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %16
CSS \000016
JavaScript, JSON \u0016
C, C++, Java \u0016
Python \u0016
Rust \u{0016}
Ruby \u0016

How to type ""

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 0 1 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 0 1 6. Release Alt.

Preview

  • 
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • 
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • 
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0x16
UTF-16 (hex) 0x0016
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00000016

References