U+240F "␏" Symbol for Shift In Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
␏
U+240F "␏" Symbol for Shift In is a graphical representation of the control code Shift In, which in older telecommunication and data transmission protocols (such as ASCII) was used to shift a device's interpretation of subsequent characters into a secondary, often alternate character set, such as from a standard alphanumeric set to a specialized graphics set. This symbolic glyph, designed as a visual mnemonic rather than an actual printable character, allows programmers and technical writers to denote the invisible control character in plain text, documentation, or source code for clarity in contexts like debugging or protocol analysis.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+240F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Symbol for Shift In |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Graphic for Shift In |
| 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 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x240F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000240F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u240f |
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 |