U+200B "" Zero Width Space Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+200B "" Zero Width Space is an invisible formatting character that takes up no visible space but enables text to break and wrap to a new line at its position when needed. It is commonly used in digital typesetting to help control line breaks in long strings of text, such as URLs or file paths, without inserting a visible hyphen or space. This character ensures that layout adjustments occur smoothly across different devices and browsers, though it can sometimes cause unexpected behaviors in copy-paste operations or text parsing if not handled carefully. Unlike other invisible characters like the non-breaking space, the Zero Width Space has no width and does not affect word spacing or alignment.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+200B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Zero Width Space |
| Block | General Punctuation |
| General Category | Format |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Boundary Neutral |
| Alias | ZWSP (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ​ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ​ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x80 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x200B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000200B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u200b |