U+241B "␛" Symbol for Escape Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
␛
U+241B "␛" Symbol for Escape is a graphic representation used to denote the non printable escape character, often abbreviated as ESC, which is commonly associated with control codes in computing and telecommunications. It is part of the Unicode block for Control Pictures, a set of symbols designed to visually represent ASCII and other control characters in plain text contexts. This particular symbol typically appears as a small pictogram of an arrow pointing upward and leftward, resembling the key on a computer keyboard, and is used in documentation, debugging logs, or terminal displays to indicate where an escape sequence or command has been inserted.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+241B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Symbol for Escape |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Graphic for Escape |
| 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 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x241B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000241B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u241b |
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 |