U+008C "PLU" PARTIAL LINE BACKWARD Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
PLU
U+008C "PLU" PARTIAL LINE BACKWARD is a control character from the C1 control code set, originally used in older telecommunication and terminal protocols to instruct a device to move the cursor or print head backward by a partial line, typically a fraction of a line height. It resides in the Latin-1 Supplement block and is associated with the name "PARTIAL LINE BACKWARD" for its function, though it is rarely employed in modern text processing systems. As a control character, it does not represent a visible glyph but serves a specific command role in legacy data streams.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+008C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Partial Line Backward |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement |
| General Category | Control |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Boundary Neutral |
| Alias | PARTIAL LINE BACKWARD (control) PARTIAL LINE UP (control) PLU (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Π|
| HTML Hex Encoding | Π|
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC2 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x008C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000008C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u008c |
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 |