Unicode block symbols for control characters

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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 .

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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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Representation of the characters as graphics. Hatched fields are unoccupied code points.

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