U+2422 "␢" Blank Symbol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+2422 "␢" Blank Symbol is a graphic representation of a blank or space used primarily in computing and data processing to make the presence of a space character visually explicit, as a regular space is typically invisible. It resembles a stylized underscore or a small empty rectangle, and it is part of the Control Pictures block, which includes symbols for other non-printing control characters. This character is often employed in debugging, text editing, or encoding contexts where distinguishing between a space and the absence of a character is important.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2422
Name
Blank Symbol
Unicode 1.0 Name
Blank
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
␢
HTML Hex Encoding
␢
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x90 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2422
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002422
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2422
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common