U+240E "␎" Symbol for Shift Out Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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U+240E "␎" Symbol for Shift Out is a graphical representation of the control character "Shift Out" (SO), which is defined in the C0 control code set (ASCII code 0x0E). This symbolic glyph is used in technical contexts such as data transmission, terminal emulation, or legacy computing systems to visually indicate the presence of this control character within plain text or documentation. Historically, the Shift Out code instructed a device to switch to an alternate character set or shift to a non-standard font, often used alongside the Shift In (SI) code to toggle between character mappings.

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General Properties

Code Point
U+240E
Version Added
1.1
Name
Symbol for Shift Out
Unicode 1.0 Name
Graphic for Shift Out
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 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding
0x240E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000240E
C/C++/Java Escape
\u240e

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