Unicode Character "␂" (U+2402)

The character ␂ (Symbol For Start Of Text) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2402. 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 Text
Unicode Codepoint U+2402
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+2402 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ␂
HTML (hex) ␂
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%90%82
CSS \002402
JavaScript, JSON \u2402
C, C++, Java \u2402
Python \u2402
Rust \u{2402}
Ruby \u2402

How to type "␂"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x90 0x82
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2402
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002402

References