U+008E "SS2" SINGLE SHIFT TWO Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
SS2
U+008E "SS2" SINGLE SHIFT TWO is a control character used in the ISO/IEC 2022 character encoding framework, specifically designed for switching between character sets in 8-bit single-byte environments. It functions as a single shift escape sequence that temporarily selects a different graphic character set from a designated alternative table, typically affecting only the next following character before reverting to the default set. Historically found in early text communication and display systems, including certain IBM terminal protocols and the Extended ASCII standard for Eastern European languages, it is classified as a C1 control code and is not intended for visible rendering in modern Unicode text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+008E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Single Shift Two |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement |
| General Category | Control |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Boundary Neutral |
| Alias | SINGLE SHIFT TWO (control) SINGLE-SHIFT-2 (control) SS2 (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | Ž |
| HTML Hex Encoding | Ž |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xC2 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x008E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000008E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u008e |
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 |