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U+2402 · SYMBOL FOR START OF TEXT

Symbol for Start of Text

  • CodepointU+2402
  • NameSYMBOL FOR START OF TEXT
  • Decimal9218
  • BlockControl Pictures (U+2400–U+243F)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySo — Other Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2402 (␂) is SYMBOL FOR START OF TEXT, a symbol in the Control Pictures block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

How to type ␂

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 90 823 bytes
UTF-1624021 code unit
UTF-32000024024 bytes
HTML decimal␂
HTML hex␂
CSS\2402in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2402
JSON\u2402
Python\u2402
Python\N{SYMBOL FOR START OF TEXT}by name
Java / C#\u2402
C / C++\u2402universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2402}
Go\u2402
Ruby\u2402
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(9218)
URL-encoded%E2%90%82percent-encoded UTF-8
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Nearby in Control Pictures

All in block →
U+2400␀Symbol for Null U+2401␁Symbol for Start of Heading U+2403␃Symbol for End of Text U+2404␄Symbol for End of Transmission U+2405␅Symbol for Enquiry U+2406␆Symbol for Acknowledge U+2407␇Symbol for Bell U+2408␈Symbol for Backspace