Technical information
Symbol |  | |
Name | Symbol for newline | |
Unicode number | U+2424 | |
Category | ASCII Character SymbolsGraphic pictures for control codes |
Description | The Unicode character "", or U+2424, is known as the "Symbol for Newline". It is part of the "Control Pictures" block and is categorized under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is typically used in the context of text and data formatting to represent a line break or newline character. While not typically displayed in end-user text, it is used in contexts where control characters are visually represented. It's a symbolic representation of the action of starting a new line in text data. |
Encoding
HTML Entity | ␤ | |
HTML Entity (hex) | ␤ | |
URL Escape Code | %E2%90%A4 | |
UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x90 0xA4 | |
UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10010000:10100100 | |
UTF-16 | 0x2424 | |
UTF-32 | 0x00002424 |
Source Code
C, C++, and Java | "\u2424" | |
CSS Code | \2424 | |
JavaScript | "\u2424" | |
Perl | \x{2424} | |
Python 2 | u"\u2424" | |
Python 3 | \u2424 | |
Ruby | \u{2424} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this  in sentence and in bold like this  and in italic like this .
input-group
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HTML Forms and Input
input
disabled input

select
button
button
Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>␤</span>
span {
content: "\2424";
}
The symbol in different fonts

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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