␡
Technical information
| Symbol | ␡ | |
| Name | Symbol for delete | |
| Unicode number | U+2421 | |
| Category | ASCII Character SymbolsGraphic pictures for control codes | |
| Description | The Unicode character ␡, or U+2421, is known as the "Symbol for Delete". It falls under the "Control Pictures" block in the Unicode standard and belongs to the "Symbol, Other" category. The symbol for delete is usually used in contexts where control characters, which do not have a visual representation, need to be displayed. It is a graphical representation of the ASCII "Delete" control character. This might be used in programming or when explaining code, and its visual form helps to denote the presence of a control character where a regular text symbol cannot be used. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ␡ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ␡ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%90%A1 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x90 0xA1 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10010000:10100001 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x2421 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002421 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u2421" | |
| CSS Code | \2421 | |
| JavaScript | "\u2421" | |
| Perl | \x{2421} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u2421" | |
| Python 3 | \u2421 | |
| Ruby | \u{2421} |
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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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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300
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400
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500
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700
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900
HTML Forms and Input
input
disabled input
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select
button
button
Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>␡</span>
span {
content: "\2421";
}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