Unicode Character "␠" (U+2420)

The character ␠ (Symbol For Space) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2420. 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 Space
Unicode Codepoint U+2420
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+2420 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ␠
HTML (hex) ␠
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%90%A0
CSS \002420
JavaScript, JSON \u2420
C, C++, Java \u2420
Python \u2420
Rust \u{2420}
Ruby \u2420

How to type "␠"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x90 0xA0
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2420
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002420

References