U+240E "␎" Symbol for Shift Out Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
␎
U+240E "␎" Symbol for Shift Out is a graphical representation of the control character "Shift Out" (SO), which is defined in the C0 control code set (ASCII code 0x0E). This symbolic glyph is used in technical contexts such as data transmission, terminal emulation, or legacy computing systems to visually indicate the presence of this control character within plain text or documentation. Historically, the Shift Out code instructed a device to switch to an alternate character set or shift to a non-standard font, often used alongside the Shift In (SI) code to toggle between character mappings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+240E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Symbol for Shift Out |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Graphic for Shift Out |
| 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 0x8E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x240E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000240E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u240e |
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 |