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 .
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HTML Forms and Input
input
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button
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Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span> </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