␥

Technical information

Symbol␥
NameSymbol for delete form two
Unicode numberU+2425
CategoryASCII Character SymbolsKeyboard symbol
DescriptionThe Unicode character ␥, or U+2425, is known as the "Symbol for Delete Form Two". It belongs to the "Control Pictures" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character provides a visual representation of the control character known as "delete form two". In the realm of computing, control characters are non-printable characters utilized to manage various functions within devices, systems, and software. The "delete form two" control character serves a specialized purpose, often in certain legacy systems or specific applications. As these control characters are inherently non-printable, the "Symbol for Delete Form Two" exists to offer a visible depiction when there is a need to display or illustrate the character, such as in technical documentation or debugging scenarios. The precise visual rendition of this symbol typically consists of a triangle pointing downwards with a line under it, although its design might vary slightly based on the font and typography employed.

Encoding

HTML Entity␥
HTML Entity (hex)␥
URL Escape Code%E2%90%A5
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x90 0xA5
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10010000:10100101
UTF-160x2425
UTF-320x00002425

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2425"
CSS Code\2425
JavaScript"\u2425"
Perl\x{2425}
Python 2u"\u2425"
Python 3\u2425
Ruby\u{2425}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ␥ in sentence and in bold like this ␥ and in italic like this ␥.

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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900

HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
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input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9253;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2425";
}

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

References