Unicode block symbols for control characters
The Unicode block symbols for control characters ( English Control Pictures , U + 2400 to U + 243F) contains graphic symbols for control characters and special characters .
Only the representation of the symbols U + 2422 and U + 2423 is fixed. In the original documentation, glyphs with letters running diagonally from top left to bottom right are given as examples for the other characters .
The actual control characters are not contained in this block but in the Basic Latin Unicode block .
table
All characters have the category “Other Symbol” and the bidirectional class “Other Neutral Character”.
Unicode number | Characters (400%) |
Official name | description |
---|---|---|---|
U + 2400 (9216) | ␀ | SYMBOL FOR NULL | Symbol for the zero sign ("NUL") |
U + 2401 (9217) | ␁ | SYMBOL FOR START OF HEADING | Symbol for the beginning of the heading ("SOH") |
U + 2402 (9218) | ␂ | SYMBOL FOR START OF TEXT | Symbol for beginning of text ("STX") |
U + 2403 (9219) | ␃ | SYMBOL FOR END OF TEXT | Symbol for end of text ("ETX") |
U + 2404 (9220) | ␄ | SYMBOL FOR END OF TRANSMISSION | Symbol for end of transmission ("EOT") |
U + 2405 (9221) | ␅ | SYMBOL FOR INQUIRY | Symbol for query ("ENQ") |
U + 2406 (9222) | ␆ | SYMBOL FOR ACKNOWLEDGE | Confirmation symbol ("ACK") |
U + 2407 (9223) | ␇ | SYMBOL FOR BELL | Symbol for signal ("BEL") |
U + 2408 (9224) | ␈ | SYMBOL FOR BACKSPACE | Backspace symbol ("BS") |
U + 2409 (9225) | ␉ | SYMBOL FOR HORIZONTAL TABULATION | Tab character symbol ("HT") |
U + 240A (9226) | ␊ | SYMBOL FOR LINE FEED | Line feed symbol ("LF") |
U + 240B (9227) | ␋ | SYMBOL FOR VERTICAL TABULATION | Vertical tab symbol ("VT") |
U + 240C (9228) | ␌ | SYMBOL FOR FORM FEED | Form feed symbol ("FF") |
U + 240D (9229) | ␍ | SYMBOL FOR CARRIAGE RETURN | Line break symbol ("CR") |
U + 240E (9230) | ␎ | SYMBOL FOR SHIFT OUT | Symbol for toggle key off ("SO") |
U + 240F (9231) | ␏ | SYMBOL FOR SHIFT IN | Symbol for shift key on ("SI") |
U + 2410 (9232) | ␐ | SYMBOL FOR DATA LINK ESCAPE | Symbol for data transfer switching ("DLE") |
U + 2411 (9233) | ␑ | SYMBOL FOR DEVICE CONTROL ONE | Symbol for device control 1 ("DC1") |
U + 2412 (9234) | ␒ | SYMBOL FOR DEVICE CONTROL TWO | Symbol for device control 2 ("DC2") |
U + 2413 (9235) | ␓ | SYMBOL FOR DEVICE CONTROL THREE | Symbol for device control 3 ("DC3") |
U + 2414 (9236) | ␔ | SYMBOL FOR DEVICE CONTROL FOUR | Device control symbol 4 ("DC4") |
U + 2415 (9237) | ␕ | SYMBOL FOR NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE | Symbol for rejection ("NAK") |
U + 2416 (9238) | ␖ | SYMBOL FOR SYNCHRONOUS IDLE | Symbol for synchronous idling ("SYN") |
U + 2417 (9239) | ␗ | SYMBOL FOR END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK | Symbol for transmission block end ("ETB") |
U + 2418 (9240) | ␘ | SYMBOL FOR CANCEL | Symbol for cancellation ("CAN") |
U + 2419 (9241) | ␙ | SYMBOL FOR END OF MEDIUM | End of media symbol ("EM") |
U + 241A (9242) | ␚ | SYMBOL FOR SUBSTITUTE | Symbol for replacement ("SUB") |
U + 241B (9243) | ␛ | SYMBOL FOR ESCAPE | Symbol for Escape ("ESC") |
U + 241C (9244) | ␜ | SYMBOL FOR FILE SEPARATOR | File separator symbol ("FS") |
U + 241D (9245) | ␝ | SYMBOL FOR GROUP SEPARATOR | Symbol for group separator ("GS") |
U + 241E (9246) | ␞ | SYMBOL FOR RECORD SEPARATOR | Symbol for data record separator ("RS") |
U + 241F (9247) | ␟ | SYMBOL FOR UNIT SEPARATOR | Unit separator symbol ("US") |
U + 2420 (9248) | ␠ | SYMBOL FOR SPACE | Space symbol ("SP") |
U + 2421 (9249) | ␡ | SYMBOL FOR DELETE | Delete symbol ("DEL") |
U + 2422 (9250) | ␢ | BLANK SYMBOL | Space symbol |
U + 2423 (9251) | ␣ | OPEN BOX | open box |
U + 2424 (9252) |  | SYMBOL FOR NEWLINE | New line symbol ("NL") |
U + 2425 (9253) | ␥ | SYMBOL FOR DELETE FORM TWO | Delete icon, form 2 |
U + 2426 (9254) | ␦ | SYMBOL FOR SUBSTITUTE FORM TWO | Replacement symbol, shape 2 |
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