U+2421 "" Symbol for Delete Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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U+2421 "" Symbol for Delete is a graphical representation used in computing to denote the Delete key or the delete control character, often appearing in text to visualize non printing control codes within data streams. It belongs to the Control Pictures block of Unicode, designed to offer visual glyphs for the ASCII and C0 control characters, and its typical graphic shows the letters "DEL" arranged in a distinctive pattern. This symbol helps programmers, data analysts, and documentation authors clearly indicate the presence of a delete command in contexts like keyboard layouts, terminal emulators, or data transmission logs.

General Properties

Code Point
U+2421
Name
Symbol for Delete
Unicode 1.0 Name
Graphic for Delete

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
␡
HTML Hex Encoding
␡
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x90 0xA1
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2421
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002421
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2421