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C0 controls
Alias names are those for ISO/IEC 6429:1992. Commonly usedalternative aliases are also shown.
0000  <control>= NULL
0001  <control>= START OF HEADING
0002  <control>= START OF TEXT
0003  <control>= END OF TEXT
0004  <control>= END OF TRANSMISSION
0005  <control>= ENQUIRY
0006  <control>= ACKNOWLEDGE
0007  <control>= BELL
0008  <control>= BACKSPACE
0009  <control>= CHARACTER TABULATION= horizontal tabulation (HT)= tab
000A  <control>= LINE FEED (LF)
= new line (NL)
= end of line (EOL)
000B  <control>= LINE TABULATION= vertical tabulation (VT)000C  <control>= FORM FEED (FF)000D  <control>= CARRIAGE RETURN (CR)000E  <control>= SHIFT OUT• known as LOCKING-SHIFT ONE in 8-bit
environments
000F  <control>= SHIFT IN• known as LOCKING-SHIFT ZERO in 8-bit
environments
0010  <control>= DATA LINK ESCAPE
0011  <control>= DEVICE CONTROL ONE
0012  <control>= DEVICE CONTROL TWO
0013  <control>= DEVICE CONTROL THREE
0014  <control>= DEVICE CONTROL FOUR
0015  <control>= NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE
0016  <control>= SYNCHRONOUS IDLE
0017  <control>= END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK
0018  <control>= CANCEL
0019  <control>= END OF MEDIUM

0022

001A  <control>= SUBSTITUTE→ FFFD  replacement character
001B  <control>= ESCAPE
001C  <control>= INFORMATION SEPARATOR FOUR
= file separator (FS)001D  <control>= INFORMATION SEPARATOR THREE= group separator (GS)001E  <control>= INFORMATION SEPARATOR TWO= record separator (RS)001F  <control>= INFORMATION SEPARATOR ONE= unit separator (US)ASCII punctuation and symbols
Based on ISO/IEC 646.
0020  SPACE• sometimes considered a control code
• other space characters: 2000  –200A → 00A0  no-break space→ 200B  zero width space→ 202F  narrow no-break space→ 2060  word joiner→ 2420 ␠ symbol for space→ 2422 ␢ blank symbol→ 2423 ␣ open box→ 3000  ideographic space→ FEFF  zero width no-break space0021 ! EXCLAMATION MARK
= factorial= bang→ 00A1 ¡ inverted exclamation mark→ 01C3 ǃ latin letter retroflex click→ 203C ‼ double exclamation mark→ 203D ‽ interrobang→ 26A0 ⚠ warning sign
→ 2757 ❗ heavy exclamation mark symbol→ 2762 ❢ heavy exclamation mark ornament→ 2E53 ⹓ medieval exclamation mark→ A71D ꜝ modifier letter raised exclamation mark0022 " QUOTATION MARK
= double quote• neutral (vertical), used as opening or closing
quotation mark• preferred characters in English for paired
quotation marks are 201C “ & 201D ”• 05F4 ‫ ״‬is preferred for gershayim when writing
Hebrew→ 02BA ʺ modifier letter double prime→ 02DD ˝ double acute accent→ 02EE ˮ modifier letter double apostrophe→ 030B $̋ combining double acute accent→ 030E $̎ combining double vertical line above→ 05F4 ‫ ״‬hebrew punctuation gershayim→ 201C “ left double quotation mark→ 201D ” right double quotation mark→ 2033 ″ double prime→ 3003 〃 ditto markThe Unicode Standard, Version 16.0, Copyright © 1991-2024 Unicode, Inc. All rights reserved.

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NUMBER SIGN
= pound sign (weight)= hashtag, hash= crosshatch, octothorpe• for denoting musical sharp 266F ♯ is preferred→ 2114  l b bar symbol→ 2116 № numero sign
→ 2317 ⌗ viewdata square→ 266F ♯ music sharp sign
→ 29E3 ⧣ equals sign and slanted parallel$ DOLLAR SIGN
= milréis, escudo• used for many peso currencies in Latin America
and elsewhere• glyph may have one or two vertical bars
• other currency symbol characters start at
20A0 ₠→ 00A2 ¢ cent sign
→ 00A4 ¤ currency sign
→ 20B1 | peso sign
→ 1F4B2 💲 heavy dollar sign
% PERCENT SIGN
→ 066A ٪ arabic percent sign
→ 2030 ‰ per mille sign
→ 2031 ‱ per ten thousand sign
→ 2052 s commercial minus sign
& AMPERSAND= and• originally derived from a ligature of ‘e’ and ‘t’→ 204A ⁊ tironian sign et→ 214B ⅋ turned ampersand
heavy ampersand ornament→ 1F674' APOSTROPHE= apostrophe-quote (1.0)= single quote= APL quote• neutral (vertical) glyph with mixed usage• 2019 ’ is preferred for apostrophe• preferred characters in English for paired
quotation marks are 2018 ‘ & 2019 ’• 05F3 ‫ ׳‬is preferred for geresh when writing
Hebrew→ 02B9 ʹ modifier letter prime→ 02BC ʼ modifier letter apostrophe→ 02C8 ˈ modifier letter vertical line
→ 0301 $́ combining acute accent→ 030D $̍ combining vertical line above→ 05F3 ‫ ׳‬hebrew punctuation geresh→ 2018 ‘ left single quotation mark→ 2019 ’ right single quotation mark→ 2032 ′ prime→ A78C ꞌ latin small letter saltillo( LEFT PARENTHESIS= opening parenthesis (1.0)) RIGHT PARENTHESIS= closing parenthesis (1.0)• see discussion on semantics of paired
bracketing characters

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ASTERISK= star• can have five or six spokes→ 066D ‫ ٭‬arabic five pointed star→ 203B ※ reference mark→ 2042 ⁂ asterism→ 204E o low asterisk→ 2051 r two asterisks aligned vertically→ 20F0 $combining asterisk above→ 2217 ∗ asterisk operator→ 26B9 ⚹ sextile→ 2731 ✱ heavy asterisk→ A673 ꙳ slavonic asterisk
medium six spoked asterisk→ 1F7B6

ASCII math operator
002B + PLUS SIGN
→ 02D6 ˖ modifier letter plus sign
→ 2212 − minus sign
→ 2795 ➕ heavy plus sign
hebrew letter alternative plus sign
→ FB29light greek cross→ 1F7A2ASCII punctuation
002C , COMMA= the use as decimal or thousands separator is
locale dependent→ 060C ، arabic comma→ 066B ٫ arabic decimal separator→ 201A ‚ single low-9 quotation mark→ 2E12 ⸒ hypodiastole→ 2E41 ⹁ reversed comma→ 2E4C ⹌ medieval comma→ 3001 、 ideographic comma
002D - HYPHEN-MINUS= hyphen, dash
= minus sign
• used generically for hyphen, minus sign or endash, all of which have dedicated alternatives→ 00AD  soft hyphen→ 02D7 ˗ modifier letter minus sign
→ 2010 ‐ hyphen→ 2011  non-breaking hyphen→ 2012 ‒ figure dash
→ 2013 – en dash
→ 2027 ‧ hyphenation point→ 2043 ⁃ hyphen bullet→ 2212 − minus sign
→ 10191 𐆑 roman uncia sign
002E . FULL STOP
= period, dot, decimal point• the use as decimal point is locale dependent• may be rendered as a raised decimal point in
old style numbers→ 00B7 · middle dot→ 06D4 ‫ ۔‬arabic full stop
→ 2024 ․ one dot leader→ 2026 … horizontal ellipsis→ 2E33 ⸳ raised dot→ 2E3C ⸼ stenographic full stop
→ 3002 。 ideographic full stop

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SOLIDUS= slash, forward slash, virgule→ 0338 $̸ combining long solidus overlay→ 2044 ⁄ fraction slash→ 2215 ∕ division slash→ 27CB ⟋ mathematical rising diagonal→ 29F8 ⧸ big solidus→ 2E4A ⹊ dotted solidus

ASCII digits
0030 0 DIGIT ZERO
⁓ 0030 FE00 0 short diagonal stroke form
0031 1 DIGIT ONE
0032 2 DIGIT TWO→ 01BB ƻ latin letter two with stroke→ 218A ↊ turned digit two
0033 3 DIGIT THREE→ 218B ↋ turned digit three→ A7AB Ɜ latin capital letter reversed open e0034 4 DIGIT FOUR
→ A72C Ꜭ latin capital letter cuatrillo
0035 5 DIGIT FIVE
→ 01BC Ƽ latin capital letter tone five0036 6 DIGIT SIX
0037 7 DIGIT SEVEN
0038 8 DIGIT EIGHT
0039 9 DIGIT NINEASCII punctuation
003A : COLON• also used to denote division or scale; for thatmathematical use 2236 ∶ is preferred• in Finnish and Swedish, also used as intra-word
punctation (abbreviation mark)→ 02D0 ː modifier letter triangular colon→ 02F8 ˸ modifier letter raised colon→ 0589 ։ armenian full stop
→ 05C3 ‫ ׃‬hebrew punctuation sof pasuq→ 1361 ፡ ethiopic wordspace→ 1365 ፥ ethiopic colon→ 205A ⁚ two dot punctuation→ 205D ⁝ tricolon→ 2236 ∶ ratio→ A789 ꞉ modifier letter colon→ FE30 ︰ presentation form for vertical two
dot leader
003B ; SEMICOLON• this, and not 037E ; , is the preferred characterfor ’Greek question mark’→ 037E ; greek question mark→ 061B ‫ ؛‬arabic semicolon→ 204F p reversed semicolon→ 2E35 ⸵ turned semicolon
ASCII mathematical operators
Other mathematical operators start at 2200.
003C < LESS-THAN SIGN
• paired with 003E > for ASCII-based angle
bracket markup conventions→ 02C2 ˂ modifier letter left arrowhead→ 2039 ‹ single left-pointing angle quotation
mark→ 2329 〈 left-pointing angle bracket→ 27E8 ⟨ mathematical left angle bracket→ 3008 〈 left angle bracket

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= EQUALS SIGN
• other related characters: 2241 ≁ –2263 ≣>→ 1400 ᐀ canadian syllabics hyphen→ 2248 ≈ almost equal to→ 2260 ≠ not equal to→ 2261 ≡ identical to→ 2E40 ⹀ double hyphen→ 30A0 ゠ katakana-hiragana double hyphen→ A78A ꞊ modifier letter short equals sign
→ FE66 ﹦ small equals sign
→ 10190 𐆐 roman sextans sign
→ 1F7F0 🟰 heavy equals sign
GREATER-THAN SIGN
→ 02C3 ˃ modifier letter right arrowhead→ 203A › single right-pointing angle quotation
mark→ 232A 〉 right-pointing angle bracket→ 27E9 ⟩ mathematical right angle bracket→ 3009 〉 right angle bracket

ASCII punctuation
003F ? QUESTION MARK
→ 00BF ¿ inverted question mark→ 037E ; greek question mark→ 061F ‫ ؟‬arabic question mark→ 203D ‽ interrobang→ 2047 n double question mark→ 2753 ❓ black question mark ornament
uncertainty sign
→ 2BD1→ 2E2E ⸮ reversed question mark→ 2E54 ⹔ medieval question mark→ FFFD  replacement character0040 @ COMMERCIAL AT= at sign= arroba (old Spanish unit of weight)→ 24D0 ⓐ circled latin small letter aUppercase Latin alphabet
0041 A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
0042 B LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B→ 212C ℬ script capital b
0043 C LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C→ 03F9 Ϲ greek capital lunate sigma symbol→ 2102 ℂ double-struck capital c→ 2103 ℃ degree celsius→ 212D ℭ black-letter capital c→ 216D Ⅽ roman numeral one hundred
0044 D LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D→ 216E Ⅾ roman numeral five hundred0045 E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E→ 0190 Ɛ latin capital letter open e→ 2107 ℇ euler constant→ 2130 ℰ script capital e
0046 F LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F→ 2109 ℉ degree fahrenheit→ 2131 ℱ script capital f→ 2132 Ⅎ turned capital f
0047 G LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G
0048 H LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H→ 210B ℋ script capital h→ 210C ℌ black-letter capital h→ 210D ℍ double-struck capital h

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LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I• Turkish and Azerbaijani use 0131 ı forlowercase→ 0130 İ latin capital letter i with dot above→ 2110 ℐ script capital i→ 2111 ℑ black-letter capital i→ 2160 Ⅰ roman numeral one
004A J LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J
004B K LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K→ 212A K kelvin sign
004C L LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L→ 2112 ℒ script capital l
004D M LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M→ 2133 ℳ script capital m→ 216F Ⅿ roman numeral one thousand
004E N LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N→ 2115 ℕ double-struck capital n
004F O LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O
0050 P LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P→ 2118 ℘ script capital p→ 2119 ℙ double-struck capital p
0051 Q LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q→ 051A Ԛ cyrillic capital letter qa→ 211A ℚ double-struck capital q→ 213A ℺ rotated capital q
0052 R LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R→ 211B ℛ script capital r→ 211C ℜ black-letter capital r→ 211D ℝ double-struck capital r
0053 S LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S
0054 T LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T
0055 U LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U
0056 V LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V→ 2164 Ⅴ roman numeral five
0057 W LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W→ 051C Ԝ cyrillic capital letter we0058 X LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X→ 2169 Ⅹ roman numeral ten
0059 Y LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y
005A Z LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z→ 2124 ℤ double-struck capital z→ 2128 ℨ black-letter capital z
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IASCII punctuation and symbols
005B [ LEFT SQUARE BRACKET= opening square bracket (1.0)• other bracket characters: 27E6 ⟦ –27EB ⟫ ,2983 ⦃ –2998 ⦘ , 3008 〈 –301B 〛005C \ REVERSE SOLIDUS= backslash→ 20E5 ~ combining reverse solidus overlay→ 2216 ∖ set minus→ 27CD ⟍ mathematical falling diagonal→ 29F9 ⧹ big reverse solidus
005D ] RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET= closing square bracket (1.0)

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CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT• this is a spacing character• used in ASCII-based representation of
exponentiation→ 02C4 ˄ modifier letter up arrowhead→ 02C6 ˆ modifier letter circumflex accent→ 0302 $̂ combining circumflex accent→ 2038 ‸ caret→ 2227 ∧ logical and→ 2303 ⌃ up arrowhead
LOW LINE= spacing underscore (1.0)• this is a spacing character• joins with adjacent instances of itself→ 02CD ˍ modifier letter low macron→ 0331 $̱ combining macron below→ 0332 $̲ combining low line
→ 2017 ‗ double low line
→ FE2D $︭ combining conjoining macron below
GRAVE ACCENT= backtick, backquote• this is a spacing character• in some technical contexts functions as
opening quote, paired with apostrophe→ 00B4 ´ acute accent→ 02CB ˋ modifier letter grave accent→ 0300 $̀ combining grave accent→ 1FEF ` greek varia→ 2018 ‘ left single quotation mark→ 2035 ‵ reversed prime

Lowercase Latin alphabet
0061 a LATIN SMALL LETTER A→ 0251 ɑ latin small letter alpha0062 b LATIN SMALL LETTER B
0063 c LATIN SMALL LETTER C→ 03F2 ϲ greek lunate sigma symbol→ 1D04 ᴄ latin letter small capital c
0064 d LATIN SMALL LETTER D→ 0501 ԁ cyrillic small letter komi de
0065 e LATIN SMALL LETTER E→ 212E ℮ estimated symbol→ 212F ℯ script small e→ AB32 ꬲ latin small letter blackletter e0066 f LATIN SMALL LETTER F→ 0192 ƒ latin small letter f with hook
→ AB35 ꬵ latin small letter lenis f0067 g LATIN SMALL LETTER G→ 0261 ɡ latin small letter script g→ 210A ℊ script small g
0068 h LATIN SMALL LETTER H→ 04BB һ cyrillic small letter shha
→ 210E ℎ planck constant0069 i LATIN SMALL LETTER I• Turkish and Azerbaijani use 0130 İ foruppercase→ 0131 ı latin small letter dotless i→ 2071 i superscript latin small letter i→ 1D6A4 𝚤 mathematical italic small dotless i
006A j LATIN SMALL LETTER J→ 0237 ȷ latin small letter dotless j→ 03F3 ϳ greek letter yot→ 1D6A5 𝚥 mathematical italic small dotless j
006B k LATIN SMALL LETTER K

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LATIN SMALL LETTER L→ 2113 ℓ script small l→ 1D4C1 𝓁 mathematical script small lm LATIN SMALL LETTER M
n LATIN SMALL LETTER N→ 207F ⁿ superscript latin small letter no LATIN SMALL LETTER O→ 1D0F ᴏ latin letter small capital o→ 2134 ℴ script small o→ AB3D ꬽ latin small letter blackletter op LATIN SMALL LETTER P
q LATIN SMALL LETTER Q→ 051B ԛ cyrillic small letter qa
r LATIN SMALL LETTER R
s LATIN SMALL LETTER S→ 017F ſ latin small letter long s→ A731 ꜱ latin letter small capital s
t LATIN SMALL LETTER T
u LATIN SMALL LETTER Uv LATIN SMALL LETTER V
w LATIN SMALL LETTER W→ 051D ԝ cyrillic small letter we→ 1D21 ᴡ latin letter small capital w
x LATIN SMALL LETTER X→ 00D7 × multiplication signy LATIN SMALL LETTER Yz LATIN SMALL LETTER Z→ 01B6 ƶ latin small letter z with stroke→ 1D22 ᴢ latin letter small capital zl

ASCII punctuation and symbols
007B { LEFT CURLY BRACKET= opening curly bracket (1.0)= left brace
007C | VERTICAL LINE= vertical bar, pipe
• used in pairs to indicate absolute value• also used as an unpaired separator or as a fence→ 00A6 ¦ broken bar→ 01C0 ǀ latin letter dental click→ 05C0 ‫ ׀‬hebrew punctuation paseq→ 0964 । devanagari danda→ 20D2 $a combining long vertical line overlay→ 2223 ∣ divides→ 2758 ❘ light vertical bar
007D } RIGHT CURLY BRACKET= closing curly bracket (1.0)= right brace
007E ~ TILDE• this is a spacing character→ 02DC ˜ small tilde→ 0303 $̃ combining tilde→ 0334 $̴ combining tilde overlay→ 2053 ⁓ swung dash
→ 223C ∼ tilde operator→ 2E1B ⸛ tilde with ring above→ 2E2F ⸯ vertical tilde→ 301C 〜 wave dash
→ FF5E ～ fullwidth tilde
Control character
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