Unicode Character "⁠" (U+2060)

The character ⁠ (Word Joiner) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2060. It is encoded in the General Punctuation block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.2 (March, 2002). It is HTML encoded as ⁠.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Word Joiner
Unicode Codepoint U+2060
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
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+2060 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⁠
HTML (hex) ⁠
HTML (named) ⁠
URL Escape Code %E2%81%A0
CSS \002060
JavaScript, JSON \u2060
C, C++, Java \u2060
Python \u2060
Rust \u{2060}
Ruby \u2060

How to type "⁠"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 0 6 0. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 0 6 0. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x81 0xA0
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2060
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002060

References