U+2029 "
" Paragraph Separator Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2029 "
" Paragraph Separator is a control character used to explicitly mark the end of one paragraph and the beginning of another in digital text, functioning as a structural delimiter distinct from the line break represented by U+2028. Unlike the common newline character or a carriage return, which typically indicate a line break within the same paragraph, U+2029 signifies a stronger division in the logical organization of content, often used in plain text formats or data processing to separate distinct blocks of text without relying on typographic conventions like blank lines. This character is invisible in normal rendering but can be inserted and interpreted by software for tasks such as text segmentation, clipboard operations, or scripting, ensuring that paragraphs remain distinct entities even when whitespace or formatting is stripped away.

General Properties

Code Point U+2029
Version Added 1.1
Name Paragraph Separator
Block General Punctuation
General Category Paragraph Separator
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Paragraph Separator

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 

HTML Hex Encoding 

UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x80 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2029
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002029
C/C++/Java Escape \u2029

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 Mandatory Break
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Pattern White Space Yes
White Space Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Cluster Break Control
Word Break Newline
Sentence Break Sep