C0 Controls and Basic Latin

C0 controls

Alias names are those for ISO/IEC 6429:1992. Commonly used alternative 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
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 space
0021 ! 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 mark
0022 " 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 mark
0023 # 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
0024 $ 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
0025 % Percent Sign
  →066A ٪ arabic percent sign
  →2030 ‰ per mille sign
  →2031 ‱ per ten thousand sign
  →2052 ⁒ commercial minus sign
0026 & Ampersand
  =and
  •originally derived from a ligature of 'e' and 't'
  →204A ⁊ tironian sign et
  →214B ⅋ turned ampersand
  →1F674 🙴 heavy ampersand ornament
0027 ' 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
0028 ( Left Parenthesis
  =opening parenthesis (1.0)
0029 ) Right Parenthesis
  =closing parenthesis (1.0)
  •see discussion on semantics of paired bracketing characters
002A * Asterisk
  =star
  •can have five or six spokes
  →066D ‎٭‎ arabic five pointed star
  →203B ※ reference mark
  →2042 ⁂ asterism
  →204E ⁎ low asterisk
  →2051 ⁑ two asterisks aligned vertically
  →20F0 ◌⃰ combining asterisk above
  →2217 ∗ asterisk operator
  →26B9 ⚹ sextile
  →2731 ✱ heavy asterisk
  →A673 ꙳ slavonic asterisk
  →1F7B6 🞶 medium six spoked asterisk

ASCII math operator

002B + Plus Sign
  →02D6 ˖ modifier letter plus sign
  →2212 − minus sign
  →2795 ➕ heavy plus sign
  →FB29 ﬩ hebrew letter alternative plus sign
  →1F7A2 🞢 light greek cross

ASCII 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 en dash, 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
002F / 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
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 e
0034 4 Digit Four
  →A72C Ꜭ latin capital letter cuatrillo
0035 5 Digit Five
  →01BC Ƽ latin capital letter tone five
0036 6 Digit Six
0037 7 Digit Seven
0038 8 Digit Eight
0039 9 Digit Nine

ASCII punctuation

003A : Colon
  •also used to denote division or scale; for that mathematical 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 character for 'Greek question mark'
  →037E ; greek question mark
  →061B ‎؛‎ arabic semicolon
  →204F ⁏ 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
003D = 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
003E > 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 ⁇ double question mark
  →2753 ❓ black question mark ornament
  →2BD1 ⯑ uncertainty sign
  →2E2E ⸮ reversed question mark
  →2E54 ⹔ medieval question mark
  →FFFD � replacement character
0040 @ Commercial At
  =at sign
  =arroba (old Spanish unit of weight)
  →24D0 ⓐ circled latin small letter a

Uppercase Latin alphabet

0041 A Latin Capital Letter A
  ↓0061 a latin small letter a
0042 B Latin Capital Letter B
  →212C ℬ script capital b
  ↓0062 b latin small letter 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
  ↓0063 c latin small letter c
0044 D Latin Capital Letter D
  →216E Ⅾ roman numeral five hundred
  ↓0064 d latin small letter d
0045 E Latin Capital Letter E
  →0190 Ɛ latin capital letter open e
  →2107 ℇ euler constant
  →2130 ℰ script capital e
  ↓0065 e latin small letter e
0046 F Latin Capital Letter F
  →2109 ℉ degree fahrenheit
  →2131 ℱ script capital f
  →2132 Ⅎ turned capital f
  ↓0066 f latin small letter f
0047 G Latin Capital Letter G
  ↓0067 g latin small 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
  ↓0068 h latin small letter h
0049 I Latin Capital Letter I
  •Turkish and Azerbaijani use 0131 ı for lowercase
  →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
  ↓0069 i latin small letter i
004A J Latin Capital Letter J
  ↓006A j latin small letter j
004B K Latin Capital Letter K
  →212A K kelvin sign
  ↓006B k latin small letter k
004C L Latin Capital Letter L
  →2112 ℒ script capital l
  ↓006C l latin small letter l
004D M Latin Capital Letter M
  →2133 ℳ script capital m
  →216F Ⅿ roman numeral one thousand
  ↓006D m latin small letter m
004E N Latin Capital Letter N
  →2115 ℕ double-struck capital n
  ↓006E n latin small letter n
004F O Latin Capital Letter O
  ↓006F o latin small letter o
0050 P Latin Capital Letter P
  →2118 ℘ script capital p
  →2119 ℙ double-struck capital p
  ↓0070 p latin small letter p
0051 Q Latin Capital Letter Q
  →051A Ԛ cyrillic capital letter qa
  →211A ℚ double-struck capital q
  →213A ℺ rotated capital q
  ↓0071 q latin small letter q
0052 R Latin Capital Letter R
  →211B ℛ script capital r
  →211C ℜ black-letter capital r
  →211D ℝ double-struck capital r
  ↓0072 r latin small letter r
0053 S Latin Capital Letter S
  ↓0073 s latin small letter s
0054 T Latin Capital Letter T
  ↓0074 t latin small letter t
0055 U Latin Capital Letter U
  ↓0075 u latin small letter u
0056 V Latin Capital Letter V
  →2164 Ⅴ roman numeral five
  ↓0076 v latin small letter v
0057 W Latin Capital Letter W
  →051C Ԝ cyrillic capital letter we
  ↓0077 w latin small letter w
0058 X Latin Capital Letter X
  →2169 Ⅹ roman numeral ten
  ↓0078 x latin small letter x
0059 Y Latin Capital Letter Y
  ↓0079 y latin small letter y
005A Z Latin Capital Letter Z
  →2124 ℤ double-struck capital z
  →2128 ℨ black-letter capital z
  ↓007A z latin small letter z

ASCII 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)
005E ^ 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
005F _ 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
0060 ` 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 alpha
  ↑0041 A latin capital letter a
0062 b Latin Small Letter B
  ↑0042 B latin capital letter b
0063 c Latin Small Letter C
  →03F2 ϲ greek lunate sigma symbol
  →1D04 ᴄ latin letter small capital c
  ↑0043 C latin capital letter c
0064 d Latin Small Letter D
  →0501 ԁ cyrillic small letter komi de
  ↑0044 D latin capital letter d
0065 e Latin Small Letter E
  →212E ℮ estimated symbol
  →212F ℯ script small e
  →AB32 ꬲ latin small letter blackletter e
  ↑0045 E latin capital letter e
0066 f Latin Small Letter F
  →0192 ƒ latin small letter f with hook
  →AB35 ꬵ latin small letter lenis f
  ↑0046 F latin capital letter f
0067 g Latin Small Letter G
  →0261 ɡ latin small letter script g
  →210A ℊ script small g
  ↑0047 G latin capital letter g
0068 h Latin Small Letter H
  →04BB һ cyrillic small letter shha
  →210E ℎ planck constant
  ↑0048 H latin capital letter h
0069 i Latin Small Letter I
  •Turkish and Azerbaijani use 0130 İ for uppercase
  →0131 ı latin small letter dotless i
  →2071 ⁱ superscript latin small letter i
  →1D6A4 𝚤 mathematical italic small dotless i
  ↑0049 I latin capital letter 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
  ↑004A J latin capital letter j
006B k Latin Small Letter K
  ↑004B K latin capital letter k
006C l Latin Small Letter L
  →2113 ℓ script small l
  →1D4C1 𝓁 mathematical script small l
  ↑004C L latin capital letter l
006D m Latin Small Letter M
  ↑004D M latin capital letter m
006E n Latin Small Letter N
  →207F ⁿ superscript latin small letter n
  ↑004E N latin capital letter n
006F o Latin Small Letter O
  →1D0F ᴏ latin letter small capital o
  →2134 ℴ script small o
  →AB3D ꬽ latin small letter blackletter o
  ↑004F O latin capital letter o
0070 p Latin Small Letter P
  ↑0050 P latin capital letter p
0071 q Latin Small Letter Q
  →051B ԛ cyrillic small letter qa
  ↑0051 Q latin capital letter q
0072 r Latin Small Letter R
  ↑0052 R latin capital letter r
0073 s Latin Small Letter S
  →017F ſ latin small letter long s
  →A731 ꜱ latin letter small capital s
  ↑0053 S latin capital letter s
0074 t Latin Small Letter T
  ↑0054 T latin capital letter t
0075 u Latin Small Letter U
  ↑0055 U latin capital letter u
0076 v Latin Small Letter V
  ↑0056 V latin capital letter v
0077 w Latin Small Letter W
  →051D ԝ cyrillic small letter we
  →1D21 ᴡ latin letter small capital w
  ↑0057 W latin capital letter w
0078 x Latin Small Letter X
  →00D7 × multiplication sign
  ↑0058 X latin capital letter x
0079 y Latin Small Letter Y
  ↑0059 Y latin capital letter y
007A z Latin Small Letter Z
  →01B6 ƶ latin small letter z with stroke
  →1D22 ᴢ latin letter small capital z
  ↑005A Z latin capital letter z

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 ◌⃒ 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

007F ␡ <Control>
  =Delete

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