␀
Technical information
| Symbol | ␀ | |
| Name | Symbol for null | |
| Unicode number | U+2400 | |
| Category | ASCII Character SymbolsGraphic pictures for control codes | |
| Description | The Unicode character ␀, or U+2400, is known as the "Symbol for Null". It belongs to the "Control Pictures" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of the null control character, which historically was used to indicate the end of a string of characters. In the context of the Control Pictures block, this symbol provides a visible way to represent the null control character, especially in situations where showing control characters is necessary. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ␀ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ␀ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%90%80 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x90 0x80 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10010000:10000000 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x2400 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002400 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u2400" | |
| CSS Code | \2400 | |
| JavaScript | "\u2400" | |
| Perl | \x{2400} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u2400" | |
| Python 3 | \u2400 | |
| Ruby | \u{2400} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ␀ in sentence and in bold like this ␀ and in italic like this ␀.
input-group
Font size:
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12px
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16px
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20px
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28px
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36px
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48px
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72px
CSS Property: font-weight
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HTML Forms and Input
input
disabled input
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select
button
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Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>␀</span>
span {
content: "\2400";
}The symbol in different fonts
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-apple-system
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Apple Color Emoji
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Arial
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BlinkMacSystemFont
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Courier New
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Georgia
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Droid Sans
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Helvetica
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Noto Sans
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Oxygen
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Roboto
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"Segoe UI"
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sans-serif
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Segoe UI Emoji
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Segoe UI Symbol
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system-ui
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Times New Roman
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Ubuntu
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Verdana