U+2421 "␡" Symbol for Delete Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
␡
U+2421 "␡" Symbol for Delete is a graphical representation used in computing to denote the Delete key or the delete control character, often appearing in text to visualize non printing control codes within data streams. It belongs to the Control Pictures block of Unicode, designed to offer visual glyphs for the ASCII and C0 control characters, and its typical graphic shows the letters "DEL" arranged in a distinctive pattern. This symbol helps programmers, data analysts, and documentation authors clearly indicate the presence of a delete command in contexts like keyboard layouts, terminal emulators, or data transmission logs.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2421 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Symbol for Delete |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Graphic for Delete |
| 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 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2421 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002421 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2421 |
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 |