Unicode Character "​" (U+200B)

The character ​ (Zero Width Space) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+200B. It is encoded in the General Punctuation 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 Zero Width Space
Unicode Codepoint U+200B
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block General Punctuation
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Boundary Neutral (BN)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Format
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+200B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ​
HTML (hex) ​
HTML (named) ​
URL Escape Code %E2%80%8B
CSS \00200B
JavaScript, JSON \u200B
C, C++, Java \u200B
Python \u200B
Rust \u{200B}
Ruby \u200B

How to type "​"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 0 0 B. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 0 0 B. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x80 0x8B
UTF-16 (hex) 0x200B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000200B

References