U+0020 "SP" Space Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
SP
U+0020 "SP" Space is one of the most fundamental and frequently used characters in digital text, representing the blank space between words or other elements. As a control character in the ASCII standard, it serves to create separation and improve readability without displaying any visible glyph, yet it occupies a distinct position in the character stream and is essential for proper word spacing in virtually all written languages. In Unicode, it is classified as a separator, and its existence ensures consistent text layout across different systems, though its width can vary slightly depending on font rendering and context.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0020 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Space |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Space Separator |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | White Space |
| Alias | SP (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |   |
| HTML Hex Encoding |   |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x20 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0020 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000020 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0020 |