Unicode Character "␁" (U+2401)

The character ␁ (Symbol For Start Of Heading) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2401. It is encoded in the Control Pictures 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 Symbol For Start Of Heading
Unicode Codepoint U+2401
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Control Pictures
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+2401 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ␁
HTML (hex) ␁
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%90%81
CSS \002401
JavaScript, JSON \u2401
C, C++, Java \u2401
Python \u2401
Rust \u{2401}
Ruby \u2401

How to type "␁"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 4 0 1. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 4 0 1. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x90 0x81
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2401
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002401

References