U+2420 "␠" Symbol for Space Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+2420 "␠" Symbol for Space is a graphic representation of a blank space, designed primarily for use in technical contexts such as data processing, programming, or plain text display, where it serves as a visible marker to indicate the presence of a space character that would otherwise be invisible. Originally included in Unicode for compatibility with legacy character sets like ASCII's control pictures, this symbol resembles a small, open rectangle or a stylized underscore and is often employed in documentation, code examples, or debugging output to make whitespace explicitly recognizable.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2420
Name
Symbol for Space
Unicode 1.0 Name
Graphic for Space
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
␠
HTML Hex Encoding
␠
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x90 0xA0
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2420
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002420
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2420
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common