U+0086 "SSA" START OF SELECTED AREA Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

SSA

U+0086 "SSA" START OF SELECTED AREA is a control character from the C1 control code set, originally defined in the ISO 6429 standard for terminal and text formatting control. It is used to mark the beginning of a block of selected text in a data stream, typically for operations such as copying, cutting, or highlighting within a software environment. This character is not intended for display as a visible glyph but rather functions as an invisible command for text processing systems.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+0086
Version Added
1.1
Unicode 1.0 Name
Start of Selected Area
Block
Latin-1 Supplement
General Category
Control
Canonical Combining Class
Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class
Boundary Neutral
Alias
SSA (abbreviation)
START OF SELECTED AREA (control)

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
†
HTML Hex Encoding
†
UTF-8 Encoding
0xC2 0x86
UTF-16 Encoding
0x0086
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00000086
C/C++/Java Escape
\u0086

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
Combining Mark
Script
Common
Script Extensions
Common
Indic Syllabic Category
Other
Vertical Orientation
Rotated
Grapheme Cluster Break
Control
Word Break
Other
Sentence Break
Other