Unicode Character "⎋" (U+238B)

The character ⎋ (BROKEN CIRCLE WITH NORTHWEST ARROW) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+238B. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Technical block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.0 (September, 1999). It is HTML encoded as ⎋.

Main Unicode Properties

Name BROKEN CIRCLE WITH NORTHWEST ARROW
Unicode Codepoint U+238B
Unicode Version 3.0 (September, 1999)
Block Miscellaneous Technical
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+238B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⎋
HTML (hex) ⎋
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%8E%8B
CSS \238B
JavaScript \u{238B}
JSON \u238B
C, C++ \U0000238B
Java \u238B
Python \U0000238B
Rust \u{238B}
Ruby \u{238B}

How to type "⎋"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 3 8 B. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 3 8 B. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8E 0x8B
UTF-16 (hex) 0x238B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000238B

References