U+241B "" Symbol for Escape Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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U+241B "" Symbol for Escape is a graphic representation used to denote the non printable escape character, often abbreviated as ESC, which is commonly associated with control codes in computing and telecommunications. It is part of the Unicode block for Control Pictures, a set of symbols designed to visually represent ASCII and other control characters in plain text contexts. This particular symbol typically appears as a small pictogram of an arrow pointing upward and leftward, resembling the key on a computer keyboard, and is used in documentation, debugging logs, or terminal displays to indicate where an escape sequence or command has been inserted.

General Properties

Code Point
U+241B
Name
Symbol for Escape
Unicode 1.0 Name
Graphic for Escape

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
␛
HTML Hex Encoding
␛
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x90 0x9B
UTF-16 Encoding
0x241B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000241B
C/C++/Java Escape
\u241b