Unicode Character "␍" (U+240D)

The character ␍ (Symbol For Carriage Return) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+240D. 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 Carriage Return
Unicode Codepoint U+240D
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+240D Conversion

HTML (decimal) ␍
HTML (hex) ␍
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%90%8D
CSS \00240D
JavaScript, JSON \u240D
C, C++, Java \u240D
Python \u240D
Rust \u{240D}
Ruby \u240D

How to type "␍"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x90 0x8D
UTF-16 (hex) 0x240D
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000240D

References