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Technical information
| Symbol | ␈ | |
| Name | Symbol for backspace | |
| Unicode number | U+2408 | |
| Category | ASCII Character SymbolsGraphic pictures for control codes | |
| Description | The Unicode character ␈, or U+2408, is known as the "Symbol for Backspace". It belongs to the "Control Pictures" block, which comprises graphical representations of control characters used in text-based communication. This character falls under the "Symbol, Other" category. Visually, it appears as a reversed capital letter "B". This character is often used in contexts where control characters need to be displayed visibly, such as in technical documentation or tutorials related to computing. The backspace symbol represents the backspace key on keyboards, which is commonly used to erase the character immediately to the left of the cursor. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ␈ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ␈ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%90%88 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x90 0x88 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10010000:10001000 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x2408 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002408 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u2408" | |
| CSS Code | \2408 | |
| JavaScript | "\u2408" | |
| Perl | \x{2408} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u2408" | |
| Python 3 | \u2408 | |
| Ruby | \u{2408} |
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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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
button
Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>␈</span>
span {
content: "\2408";
}The symbol in different fonts
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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