U+2419 "␙" Symbol for End of Medium Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
␙
U+2419 "␙" Symbol for End of Medium is a control character graphic from the Unicode Control Pictures block, which represents the ASCII control character End of Medium (EM), originally defined as a communication control code used in data transmission to signal the end of a recording medium such as a tape or disk. This symbolic representation typically appears as a stylized "EM" enclosed in a rectangular box, allowing programmers and documenters to visually indicate the presence of this non printable control code in text or system documentation. Its inclusion in Unicode helps ensure that historical and low level data formats can be accurately and accessibly rendered in modern digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2419 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Symbol for End of Medium |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Graphic for End of Medium |
| 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 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2419 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002419 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2419 |
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 |