U+2409 "" Symbol for Horizontal Tabulation Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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U+2409 "" Symbol for Horizontal Tabulation is a control picture character used in computing to visually represent the non-printing ASCII control character known as the horizontal tab, which typically advances the cursor or insertion point to the next predefined tab stop. Its glyph is designed as a small graphic, often resembling a right-pointing arrow or a short horizontal line with a vertical bar, to indicate invisible formatting within text. This symbol is part of the Unicode block for control pictures, which allows programmers and technical writers to display such hidden control codes in source code, data streams, or documentation for clarity and debugging.

General Properties

Code Point
U+2409
Name
Symbol for Horizontal Tabulation
Unicode 1.0 Name
Graphic for Horizontal Tabulation

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
␉
HTML Hex Encoding
␉
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x90 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2409
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002409
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2409