Unicode Character "␛" (U+241B)

The character ␛ (Symbol For Escape) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+241B. 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 Escape
Unicode Codepoint U+241B
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+241B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ␛
HTML (hex) ␛
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%90%9B
CSS \00241B
JavaScript, JSON \u241B
C, C++, Java \u241B
Python \u241B
Rust \u{241B}
Ruby \u241B

How to type "␛"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x90 0x9B
UTF-16 (hex) 0x241B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000241B

References