U+008F "SS3" SINGLE SHIFT THREE Unicode Character

U+008F "SS3" SINGLE SHIFT THREE is a control code originally defined in the ISO/IEC 2022 standard, used in character encoding systems to temporarily switch to an alternative graphic character set, specifically the third of four possible sets, for the next single character only. It functions within the C1 control code range and is primarily employed in telecommunication protocols, such as Videotex or certain text terminal environments, to access supplementary symbols or foreign language characters without permanently altering the current character set mapping. In modern Unicode text, this character is not intended for normal use as a visible glyph but remains defined for compatibility with legacy data streams.

General Properties

Code Point	U+008F
Version Added	1.1
Unicode 1.0 Name	Single Shift Three
Block	Latin-1 Supplement
General Category	Control
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Boundary Neutral
Alias	SINGLE SHIFT THREE (control) SINGLE-SHIFT-3 (control) SS3 (abbreviation)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	
HTML Hex Encoding	
UTF-8 Encoding	0xC2 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x008F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000008F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u008f

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