HTML Symbols

Technical information

Symbol
Name	Thin space
Unicode number	U+2009
Category	Space symbols

Description

The Unicode character , or U+2009, is known as "Thin Space". It belongs to the "General Punctuation" block and falls under the "Separator, Space" category in the Unicode standard. As a spacing character, it is used to create a small amount of space in text. It's typically narrower than a regular space. The usage of thin spaces can be found in a variety of typographical applications, including the separation of large figures or symbols, or to add subtle spacing to text for aesthetic or readability purposes.

Encoding

HTML Entity
HTML Entity (hex)
HTML Entity (named)
URL Escape Code	%E2%80%89
UTF-8 (hex)	0xE2 0x80 0x89
UTF-8 (binary)	11100010:10000000:10001001
UTF-16	0x2009
UTF-32	0x00002009

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u2009"
CSS Code	\2009
JavaScript	"\u2009"
Perl	\x{2009}
Python 2	u"\u2009"
Python 3	\u2009
Ruby	\u{2009}

Preview

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

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input

disabled input

input-group

select

button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8201;</span>

span {
    content: "\2009";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system

Apple Color Emoji

Arial

BlinkMacSystemFont

Courier New

Georgia

Droid Sans

Helvetica

Noto Sans

Oxygen

Roboto

"Segoe UI"

sans-serif

Segoe UI Emoji

Segoe UI Symbol

system-ui

Times New Roman

Ubuntu

Verdana