Unicode Character "␜" (U+241C)

The character ␜ (Symbol For File Separator) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+241C. 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 File Separator
Unicode Codepoint U+241C
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+241C Conversion

HTML (decimal) ␜
HTML (hex) ␜
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%90%9C
CSS \00241C
JavaScript, JSON \u241C
C, C++, Java \u241C
Python \u241C
Rust \u{241C}
Ruby \u241C

How to type "␜"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x90 0x9C
UTF-16 (hex) 0x241C
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000241C

References