U+23CE · Other symbol
LaTeX
\varcarriagereturn
Return Symbol Symbol ⏎
⏎ is return symbol, U+23CE — \varcarriagereturn in LaTeX. It was added in Unicode 3.2, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
What Unicode says about ⏎
may be shown with either hollow or filled glyph
— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+23CE | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ⏎ | |
| HTML decimal | ⏎ | |
| CSS | \23CE | |
| JavaScript | \u{23CE} | |
| Python | \U000023CE | |
| Java / C# | \u23CE | |
| Rust | \u{23ce} | |
| Swift | \u{23CE} | |
| PHP | \u{23CE} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%8F%8E | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8F 8E | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 23CE | |
| Base64 | 4o+O | |
| Decimal | 9166 | |
| LaTeX | \varcarriagereturn | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 3.2 | |
Will ⏎ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. Yes. ⏎ is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
- Legacy encodings. ⏎ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
- Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Unicode cross-references
The standard points readers of ⏎ at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.
Nearby in Miscellaneous Technical
Symbols from engineering, electronics and computing: APL operators, keyboard keys, dentistry and cartography marks. The ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ⏎ keys people paste into shortcut documentation live here.
How to type ⏎
| Windows | Type 23CE then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “return symbol” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 23ce, press Enter |
| HTML | ⏎ |
About Unicode’s Other symbol category
Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the ⏎ return symbol symbol?
- On Windows, type 23CE and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 23ce. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ⏎?
- Return Symbol is U+23CE and in LaTeX as \varcarriagereturn. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ⏎?
- Return Symbol is filed under Other symbol in the Miscellaneous Technical block, and was introduced in Unicode 3.2. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.