U+0012 "DC2" DEVICE CONTROL TWO Unicode Character

U+0012 "DC2" DEVICE CONTROL TWO is a control character from the C0 control code set, originally defined in ASCII as a communication protocol command. Its primary historical function was to allow a sender to remotely manage a peripheral device, typically a printer or terminal, by activating a specific device or feature, distinct from other device control codes like DC1. In modern computing, U+0012 is rarely used in user-facing text, as it lacks a visible glyph and instead serves as an invisible delimiter within data streams or legacy systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0012
Version Added	1.1
Unicode 1.0 Name	Device Control Two
Block	Basic Latin
General Category	Control
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Boundary Neutral
Alias	DC2 (abbreviation) DEVICE CONTROL TWO (control)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	
HTML Hex Encoding	
UTF-8 Encoding	0x12
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0012
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000012
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0012

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Combining Mark
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Cluster Break	Control
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other