U+001F "US" INFORMATION SEPARATOR ONE Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+001F "US" INFORMATION SEPARATOR ONE is a control character from the C0 control code set, historically used in data transmission and storage to delimit or separate distinct units of information, specifically serving as a unit separator in a hierarchical system where it often follows other separators like the Record Separator or File Separator. Its function is to mark logical boundaries within data streams, ensuring that applications can parse structured text or binary files by recognizing this character as a formal division between individual data units. In modern usage, it is rarely employed directly in user-facing text, but it remains part of the ASCII and Unicode standards for compatibility with legacy systems and protocols.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+001F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Information Separator One |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Control |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Segment Separator |
| Alias | INFORMATION SEPARATOR ONE (control) UNIT SEPARATOR (control) US (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |  |
| HTML Hex Encoding |  |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x1F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x001F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000001F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u001f |
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 |