U+2420 "␠" Symbol for Space Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
␠
U+2420 "␠" Symbol for Space is a graphic representation of a blank space, designed primarily for use in technical contexts such as data processing, programming, or plain text display, where it serves as a visible marker to indicate the presence of a space character that would otherwise be invisible. Originally included in Unicode for compatibility with legacy character sets like ASCII's control pictures, this symbol resembles a small, open rectangle or a stylized underscore and is often employed in documentation, code examples, or debugging output to make whitespace explicitly recognizable.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2420 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Symbol for Space |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Graphic for Space |
| 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 0xA0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2420 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002420 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2420 |
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 |