Unicode Character "⎙" (U+2399)

The character ⎙ (Print Screen Symbol) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2399. 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 Print Screen Symbol
Unicode Codepoint U+2399
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+2399 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⎙
HTML (hex) ⎙
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%8E%99
CSS \002399
JavaScript, JSON \u2399
C, C++, Java \u2399
Python \u2399
Rust \u{2399}
Ruby \u2399

How to type "⎙"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 3 9 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 3 9 9. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8E 0x99
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2399
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002399

References