U+0086 "SSA" START OF SELECTED AREA Unicode Character

U+0086 "SSA" START OF SELECTED AREA is a control character from the C1 control code set, originally defined in the ISO 6429 standard for terminal and text formatting control. It is used to mark the beginning of a block of selected text in a data stream, typically for operations such as copying, cutting, or highlighting within a software environment. This character is not intended for display as a visible glyph but rather functions as an invisible command for text processing systems.

General Properties

Code Point	U+0086
Version Added	1.1
Unicode 1.0 Name	Start of Selected Area
Block	Latin-1 Supplement
General Category	Control
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Boundary Neutral
Alias	SSA (abbreviation) START OF SELECTED AREA (control)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	†
HTML Hex Encoding	†
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC2 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding	0x0086
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00000086
C/C++/Java Escape	\u0086

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