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Unicode block · U+2400–U+243F

Control Pictures

Visible pictures of the invisible ASCII control characters — a way to print "there is a tab here" without printing a tab. Terminal emulators and hex editors use them; almost nothing else does.

The block spans U+2400–U+243F and holds 42 symbols that this site catalogues. Its characters were added across 3 Unicode releases, from 1.1 to 16.0. 4 of them carry an alias or usage note from the Unicode Standard itself.

Characters
42
Range
U+2400–U+243F
Reference pages
2
Unicode
17.0.0

Categories in this block: Other symbol (42)

42 characters in this block

Click any character to copy it. Names are Unicode’s own. 2 of them have a reference page with escape codes, aliases and typing instructions.

CharCodeName
U+2400Symbol For Null
U+2401Symbol For Start Of Heading
U+2402Symbol For Start Of Text
U+2403Symbol For End Of Text
U+2404Symbol For End Of Transmission
U+2405Symbol For Enquiry
U+2406Symbol For Acknowledge
U+2407Symbol For Bell
U+2408Symbol For Backspace
U+2409Symbol For Horizontal Tabulation
U+240ASymbol For Line Feed
U+240BSymbol For Vertical Tabulation
U+240CSymbol For Form Feed
U+240DSymbol For Carriage Return
U+240ESymbol For Shift Out
U+240FSymbol For Shift In
U+2410Symbol For Data Link Escape
U+2411Symbol For Device Control One
U+2412Symbol For Device Control Two
U+2413Symbol For Device Control Three
U+2414Symbol For Device Control Four
U+2415Symbol For Negative Acknowledge
U+2416Symbol For Synchronous Idle
U+2417Symbol For End Of Transmission Block
U+2418Symbol For Cancel
U+2419Symbol For End Of Medium
U+241ASymbol For Substitute
U+241BSymbol For Escape
U+241CSymbol For File Separator
U+241DSymbol For Group Separator
U+241ESymbol For Record Separator
U+241FSymbol For Unit Separator
U+2420Symbol For Space
U+2421Symbol For Delete
U+2422Blank Symbol
U+2423Open Box
U+2424Symbol For Newline
U+2425Symbol For Delete Form Two
U+2426Symbol For Substitute Form Two
U+2427Symbol For Delete Square Checker Board Form
U+2428Symbol For Delete Rectangular Checker Board Form
U+2429Symbol For Delete Medium Shade Form