Unicode Character "␒" (U+2412)

The character ␒ (SYMBOL FOR DEVICE CONTROL TWO) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2412. 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 DEVICE CONTROL TWO
Unicode Codepoint U+2412
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+2412 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ␒
HTML (hex) ␒
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%90%92
CSS \2412
JavaScript \u{2412}
JSON \u2412
C, C++ \U00002412
Java \u2412
Python \U00002412
Rust \u{2412}
Ruby \u{2412}

How to type "␒"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x90 0x92
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2412
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002412

References