Unicode Character "␎" (U+240E)

The character ␎ (Symbol For Shift Out) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+240E. 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 Shift Out
Unicode Codepoint U+240E
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+240E Conversion

HTML (decimal) ␎
HTML (hex) ␎
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%90%8E
CSS \00240E
JavaScript, JSON \u240E
C, C++, Java \u240E
Python \u240E
Rust \u{240E}
Ruby \u240E

How to type "␎"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x90 0x8E
UTF-16 (hex) 0x240E
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000240E

References