U+2409 "␉" Symbol for Horizontal Tabulation Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
␉
U+2409 "␉" Symbol for Horizontal Tabulation is a control picture character used in computing to visually represent the non-printing ASCII control character known as the horizontal tab, which typically advances the cursor or insertion point to the next predefined tab stop. Its glyph is designed as a small graphic, often resembling a right-pointing arrow or a short horizontal line with a vertical bar, to indicate invisible formatting within text. This symbol is part of the Unicode block for control pictures, which allows programmers and technical writers to display such hidden control codes in source code, data streams, or documentation for clarity and debugging.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2409 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Symbol for Horizontal Tabulation |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Graphic for Horizontal Tabulation |
| Block | Control Pictures |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ␉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ␉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x90 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2409 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002409 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2409 |
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 | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |