Unicode Character "␌" (U+240C)

The character ␌ (Symbol For Form Feed) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+240C. 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 Form Feed
Unicode Codepoint U+240C
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+240C Conversion

HTML (decimal) ␌
HTML (hex) ␌
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%90%8C
CSS \00240C
JavaScript, JSON \u240C
C, C++, Java \u240C
Python \u240C
Rust \u{240C}
Ruby \u240C

How to type "␌"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x90 0x8C
UTF-16 (hex) 0x240C
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000240C

References