Control Pictures (Unicode block)
The Control Pictures block runs from U+2400–U+243F. Every assigned character is below with its official name, code point and HTML code.
Click any symbol to copy it.
Control Pictures give visible stand-ins for invisible control characters, such as ␀ for NULL, ␉ for tab, ␊ for line feed and ␣ for a space. Programmers and documentation writers use them to show whitespace and control codes on screen.
All 42 characters in the Control Pictures block
Range U+2400 to U+243F. Click a character to copy it.
Control Pictures code chart
| Char | Code point | Name | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|
U+2400 | Symbol for Null | ␀ | |
U+2401 | Symbol for Start of Heading | ␁ | |
U+2402 | Symbol for Start of Text | ␂ | |
U+2403 | Symbol for End of Text | ␃ | |
U+2404 | Symbol for End of Transmission | ␄ | |
U+2405 | Symbol for Enquiry | ␅ | |
U+2406 | Symbol for Acknowledge | ␆ | |
U+2407 | Symbol for Bell | ␇ | |
U+2408 | Symbol for Backspace | ␈ | |
U+2409 | Symbol for Horizontal Tabulation | ␉ | |
U+240A | Symbol for Line Feed | ␊ | |
U+240B | Symbol for Vertical Tabulation | ␋ | |
U+240C | Symbol for Form Feed | ␌ | |
U+240D | Symbol for Carriage Return | ␍ | |
U+240E | Symbol for Shift Out | ␎ | |
U+240F | Symbol for Shift in | ␏ | |
U+2410 | Symbol for Data Link Escape | ␐ | |
U+2411 | Symbol for Device Control One | ␑ | |
U+2412 | Symbol for Device Control Two | ␒ | |
U+2413 | Symbol for Device Control Three | ␓ | |
U+2414 | Symbol for Device Control Four | ␔ | |
U+2415 | Symbol for Negative Acknowledge | ␕ | |
U+2416 | Symbol for Synchronous Idle | ␖ | |
U+2417 | Symbol for End of Transmission Block | ␗ | |
U+2418 | Symbol for Cancel | ␘ | |
U+2419 | Symbol for End of Medium | ␙ | |
U+241A | Symbol for Substitute | ␚ | |
U+241B | Symbol for Escape | ␛ | |
U+241C | Symbol for File Separator | ␜ | |
U+241D | Symbol for Group Separator | ␝ | |
U+241E | Symbol for Record Separator | ␞ | |
U+241F | Symbol for Unit Separator | ␟ | |
U+2420 | Symbol for Space | ␠ | |
U+2421 | Symbol for Delete | ␡ | |
U+2422 | Blank Symbol | ␢ | |
U+2423 | Open Box | ␣ | |
U+2424 | Symbol for Newline | ␤ | |
U+2425 | Symbol for Delete Form Two | ␥ | |
U+2426 | Symbol for Substitute Form Two | ␦ | |
U+2427 | Symbol for Delete Square Checker Board Form | ␧ | |
U+2428 | Symbol for Delete Rectangular Checker Board Form | ␨ | |
U+2429 | Symbol for Delete Medium Shade Form | ␩ |