This code point first appeared in version 1.1 of the Unicode® Standard and belongs to the "Control Pictures" block which goes from 0x2400 to 0x2426.
You can safely add this character in your html code with the entity: ␈
You can use the u+2408 copy pc button below.
Easy u+2408 copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+2408 name is symbol for backspace emoji.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint (hex) | 2408, u2408 |
| Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
| Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | GRAPHIC FOR BACKSPACE |
| Official name (Unicode 15.0) | SYMBOL FOR BACKSPACE |
| resolved name | symbol for backspace |
| block | Control Pictures (Control_Pictures) |
| common typos | u+4208, u+0248 |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 2408 like u 2408, (u+2408) or u +2408. You can also find u-2408, u*2408, un+2408, u2408, u=2408 or c+2408. You can also spell it with u 2408 unicode, u plus 2408, uncode 2408 or unicode + 2408.
Its bidirectional class is "ON":Other Neutrals (All other characters, including OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER)
Glyphs and symbols in your browser
The following unicode chart presents different versions of the glyph corresponding to the unicode characters u+2408 that are available on your computer.
In order to type this character easily, you may want to download and install a unicode Control Pictures keyboard.
A sample of fonts are used below to display whether the character has a glyph in this font or not.
Encodings (Unicode characters converter)
The following character table converter for +u2408 allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
| encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | E2 90 88 | 14848136 | 11100010 10010000 10001000 |
| UCS2 | 08 24 | 2084 | 00001000 00100100 |
| UTF-16LE | 08 24 | 2084 | 00001000 00100100 |
| UTF-16BE | 24 08 | 9224 | 00100100 00001000 |
| UTF7 | 2B 4A 41 67 2D | 185929393965 | 00101011 01001010 01000001 01100111 00101101 |
| UTF7-IMAP | 26 4A 41 67 2D | 164454557485 | 00100110 01001010 01000001 01100111 00101101 |