โˆ

Technical information

Symbolโˆ
NameSymbol for backspace
Unicode numberU+2408
CategoryASCII Character SymbolsGraphic pictures for control codes
DescriptionThe Unicode character โˆ, 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-160x2408
UTF-320x00002408

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2408"
CSS Code\2408
JavaScript"\u2408"
Perl\x{2408}
Python 2u"\u2408"
Python 3\u2408
Ruby\u{2408}

Preview

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

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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100
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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>&#9224;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2408";
}

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