U+0084 "IND" INDEX Unicode Character

U+0084 "IND" INDEX is a control character from the C1 control code set, originally used in certain terminal protocols to indicate an index operation that moves the active position to the first position of the following line, somewhat similar to a line feed but defined for specific text formatting contexts within standards like ISO 6429 and ECMA-48. It is not a visible or printable glyph, but rather an invisible formatting command intended for bidirectional text or device control, and in modern usage it is rarely encountered outside of legacy systems or specialized data processing environments, as it has largely been superseded by more universal line-breaking and cursor-movement controls.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0084
Version Added	1.1
Block	Latin-1 Supplement
General Category	Control
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Boundary Neutral
Alias	IND (abbreviation) INDEX (control)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	„
HTML Hex Encoding	„
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC2 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0084
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000084
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0084

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