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U+2408 · SYMBOL FOR BACKSPACE

Symbol for Backspace

CodepointU+2408
NameSYMBOL FOR BACKSPACE
Decimal9224
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

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →

UTF-8	`E2 90 88`	3 bytes
UTF-16	`2408`	1 code unit
UTF-32	`00002408`	4 bytes
HTML decimal	`␈`
HTML hex	`␈`
CSS	`\2408`	in content: "…"
JavaScript	`\u2408`
JSON	`\u2408`
Python	`\u2408`
Python	`\N{SYMBOL FOR BACKSPACE}`	by name
Java / C#	`\u2408`
C / C++	`\u2408`	universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP	`\u{2408}`
Go	`\u2408`
Ruby	`\u2408`
Excel / Sheets	`=UNICHAR(9224)`
URL-encoded	`%E2%90%88`	percent-encoded UTF-8

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Nearby in Control Pictures

All in block →

U+2402␂Symbol for Start of Text 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+2409␉Symbol for Horizontal Tabulation U+240A␊Symbol for Line Feed U+240B␋Symbol for Vertical Tabulation U+240C␌Symbol for Form Feed U+240D␍Symbol for Carriage Return U+240E␎Symbol for Shift Out