U+2050 "⁐" Close Up Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⁐
U+2050 "⁐" Close Up is a typographic symbol categorized under the General Punctuation block, specifically designed for use in transcribed speech and editorial notation to indicate that two words or characters should be brought closer together, such as when a space is incorrectly inserted or when text needs to be visually compressed. It is often employed by proofreaders and linguists in contexts like phonetic transcription or manuscript editing, where precise spacing adjustments are required to reflect spoken or intended textual relationships.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2050 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Close Up |
| Block | General Punctuation |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⁐ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⁐ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x81 0x90 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2050 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002050 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2050 |
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 | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |