U+0018 "CAN" CANCEL Unicode Character

U+0018 "CAN" CANCEL is a control character from the C0 control code set, originally defined in ASCII and later adopted into Unicode. It is intended to indicate that the preceding data or message should be disregarded or considered invalid, functioning as a cancel signal in data transmission and storage contexts. Historically used in telecommunication and early computer systems, this character is non-printable and serves only as an instruction for processing equipment.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0018
Version Added	1.1
Unicode 1.0 Name	Cancel
Block	Basic Latin
General Category	Control
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Boundary Neutral
Alias	CAN (abbreviation) CANCEL (control)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	
HTML Hex Encoding	
UTF-8 Encoding	0x18
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0018
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000018
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0018

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