U+0019 "EM" END OF MEDIUM Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
U+0019 "EM" END OF MEDIUM is a control character originally defined in the ASCII standard to signal the end of a segment of data or the boundary of a specific medium in tape or paper tape systems, such as the end of a file or a physical reel. In modern computing, it is rarely used in practice but remains part of the Unicode standard for backward compatibility with legacy protocols and data formats. Its primary function is to indicate a logical or physical stopping point for a recording medium, distinguishing it from other control characters like the End of Transmission (EOT) or End of File (EOF).
General Properties
Code Point
U+0019
Unicode 1.0 Name
End of Medium
Alias
EM (abbreviation)
END OF MEDIUM (control)
EOM (abbreviation)
END OF MEDIUM (control)
EOM (abbreviation)
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding

HTML Hex Encoding

UTF-8 Encoding
0x19
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0019
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000019
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0019
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common