C0 Controls and Basic Latin

Range: 0000–007F
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updated for
The Unicode Standard, Version 4.1.

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0000 C0 Controls and Basic Latin 007F

000 001 002 003 004 005 006 007

0
! 0 @ P ` p
0000 0010 0020 0030 0040 0050 0060 0070

1   ! 1 A Q a q
0001 0011 0021 0031 0041 0051 0061 0071

2   " 2 B R b r
0002 0012 0022 0032 0042 0052 0062 0072

3  # 3 C S c s
0003 0013 0023 0033 0043 0053 0063 0073

4  $ 4 D T d t
0004 0014 0024 0034 0044 0054 0064 0074

5  % 5 E U e u
0005 0015 0025 0035 0045 0055 0065 0075

6  & 6 F V f v
0006 0016 0026 0036 0046 0056 0066 0076

7  ' 7 G W g w
0007 0017 0027 0037 0047 0057 0067 0077

8  ( 8 H X h x
0008 0018 0028 0038 0048 0058 0068 0078

9
 ) 9 I Y i y
0009 0019 0029 0039 0049 0059 0069 0079

A  * : J Z j z
000A 001A 002A 003A 004A 005A 006A 007A

B  + ; K [ k {
000B 001B 002B 003B 004B 005B 006B 007B

C  , < L \ l |
000C 001C 002C 003C 004C 005C 006C 007C

D  - = M ] m }
000D 001D 002D 003D 004D 005D 006D 007D

E  . > N ^ n ~
000E 001E 002E 003E 004E 005E 006E 007E

F  / ? O _ o "
000F 001F 002F 003F 004F 005F 006F 007F

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0000 C0 Controls and Basic Latin 0026

C0 controls 001C <control>

= INFORMATION SEPARATOR FOUR
Alias names are those for ISO/IEC 6429:1992.


= file separator (FS)


Commonly used alternative aliases are also shown. 001D <control>
0000 <control> = INFORMATION SEPARATOR THREE

= NULL

= group separator (GS)
0001 <control> 001E <control>


= START OF HEADING = INFORMATION SEPARATOR TWO
0002 <control>

= record separator (RS)


= START OF TEXT 001F <control>
0003 <control> = INFORMATION SEPARATOR ONE


= END OF TEXT = unit separator (US)
0004 <control>
ASCII punctuation and symbols

= END OF TRANSMISSION
0005 <control>

Based on ISO/IEC 646 from here.

= ENQUIRY 0020 SPACE
0006 <control> • sometimes considered a control code

= ACKNOWLEDGE 
• other space characters: 2000 –200A 
0007 <control> 
→ 00A0 no-break space

= BELL 
→ 200B zero width space
0008 <control>
→ 2060 word joiner

= BACKSPACE

→ 3000 ideographic space

0009 <control> 
→ FEFF zero width no-break space
= CHARACTER TABULATION 0021 ! EXCLAMATION MARK


= horizontal tabulation (HT), tab = factorial
000A <control> = bang
= LINE FEED (LF) → 00A1 ¡ inverted exclamation mark
→ 01C3
latin letter retroflex click

= new line (NL), end of line (EOL)
000B <control> → 203C  double exclamation mark
= LINE TABULATION → 203D  interrobang
→ 2762 heavy exclamation mark ornament

= vertical tabulation (VT)
000C <control> 0022 " QUOTATION MARK
• neutral (vertical), used as opening or closing

= FORM FEED (FF)
000D <control> quotation mark
• preferred characters in English for paired

= CARRIAGE RETURN (CR)
000E <control> quotation marks are 201C “ & 201D ”
→ 02BA  modifier letter double prime

= SHIFT OUT
000F <control> → 030B  combining double acute accent
→ 030E  combining double vertical line above

= SHIFT IN
→ 2033  double prime
〃
0010 <control>
→ 3003 ditto mark

= DATA LINK ESCAPE
0011 <control> 0023 # NUMBER SIGN


= DEVICE CONTROL ONE = pound sign, hash, crosshatch, octothorpe
0012 <control> → 266F
music sharp sign
$

= DEVICE CONTROL TWO 0024 DOLLAR SIGN
0013 <control> = milreis, escudo
= DEVICE CONTROL THREE • glyph may have one or two vertical bars
0014 <control> • other currency symbol characters:
20A0 –20AF

!
= DEVICE CONTROL FOUR
0015 <control> → 00A4 ¤ currency sign
%
"
= NEGATIVE ACKNOWLEDGE 0025 PERCENT SIGN
0016 <control> → 066A arabic percent sign
→ 2030 ‰ per mille sign
#
= SYNCHRONOUS IDLE
0017 <control> → 2031  per ten thousand sign
→ 2052 commercial minus sign
$
= END OF TRANSMISSION BLOCK
0018 <control> 0026 & AMPERSAND

%
= CANCEL
0019 <control>

&
= END OF MEDIUM
001A <control>

'
= SUBSTITUTE
→ FFFD replacement character
001B ( <control>
= ESCAPE

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0027 C0 Controls and Basic Latin 0048
0027 ' APOSTROPHE 0039 9 DIGIT NINE
= APOSTROPHE-QUOTE
= APL quote ASCII punctuation and symbols
• neutral (vertical) glyph with mixed usage 003A : COLON
• 2019 ’ is preferred for apostrophe → 0589 armenian full stop
• preferred characters in English for paired → 05C3 √ hebrew punctuation sof pasuq
quotation marks are 2018 ‘ & 2019 ’ → 2236 ∶ ratio
→ 02B9 ʹ modifier letter prime ;
→ 02BC  modifier letter apostrophe 003B SEMICOLON
• this, and not 037E ; , is the preferred character
→ 02C8  modifier letter vertical line for ’Greek question mark’
→ 0301  combining acute accent → 037E ; greek question mark
→ 2032  prime → 061B ‫ ؛‬arabic semicolon
0028 ( LEFT PARENTHESIS
→ 204F
reversed semicolon
= OPENING PARENTHESIS
0029 ) 003C < LESS-THAN SIGN
RIGHT PARENTHESIS
= CLOSING PARENTHESIS → 2039 ‹ single left-pointing angle quotation
• see discussion on semantics of paired mark
→ 2329 〈 left-pointing angle bracket
bracketing characters
* → 27E8 ⟨ mathematical left angle bracket
002A ASTERISK
= star (on phone keypads) 〈
→ 3008 left angle bracket
→ 066D  arabic five pointed star 003D = EQUALS SIGN
→ 204E  low asterisk • other related characters: 2241  –2263 
→ 2217 ∗ asterisk operator → 2260 ≠ not equal to
→ 2731  heavy asterisk → 2261 ≡ identical to
+ 003E > GREATER-THAN SIGN
002B
002C ,
PLUS SIGN
COMMA
→ 203A › single right-pointing angle quotation
mark
= decimal separator → 232A 〉 right-pointing angle bracket
→ 060C ، arabic comma → 27E9 ⟩ mathematical right angle bracket
→ 201A ‚ single low-9 quotation mark
、
→ 3001 ideographic comma
〉
→ 3009 right angle bracket
003F ? QUESTION MARK
002D - HYPHEN-MINUS → 00BF ¿ inverted question mark
= hyphen or minus sign → 037E ; greek question mark
• used for either hyphen or minus sign → 061F ‫ ؟‬arabic question mark
→ 2010 - hyphen
)
→ 2011 non-breaking hyphen → 203D  interrobang
→ 2048  question exclamation mark
→ 2012 ‒ figure dash → 2049  exclamation question mark
→ 2013 – en dash @
→ 2212 − minus sign 0040 COMMERCIAL AT
002E . FULL STOP
= Klammeraffe (common, humorous slang
German name)
= PERIOD
= dot, decimal point Uppercase Latin alphabet
• may be rendered as a raised decimal point in 0041 A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
old style numbers
→ 06D4  arabic full stop 0042 B LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B
。
→ 3002 ideographic full stop
C
→ 212C script capital b
/ 0043 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C
002F SOLIDUS


→ 2102 double-struck capital c

= SLASH
= virgule, shilling (British) → 212D black-letter capital c
→ 01C0  latin letter dental click 0044 D LATIN CAPITAL LETTER D
→ 0338  combining long solidus overlay 0045 E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E
→ 2044 ⁄ fraction slash → 2107  euler constant
→ 2215  division slash 
→ 2130 script capital e
0046 F LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F
ASCII digits
0

→ 2131 script capital f
0030 DIGIT ZERO → 2132  turned capital f
0031 1 DIGIT ONE 0047 G LATIN CAPITAL LETTER G
0032 2 DIGIT TWO • invented circa 300 BCE by Spurius Carvilius
0033 3 DIGIT THREE Ruga, who added a stroke to the letter C
0034 4 DIGIT FOUR 0048 H LATIN CAPITAL LETTER H
0035 5 DIGIT FIVE 
→ 210B script capital h
0036 6 DIGIT SIX 
→ 210C black-letter capital h
0037 7 DIGIT SEVEN 
→ 210D double-struck capital h
0038 8 DIGIT EIGHT

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0049 C0 Controls and Basic Latin 007B
0049 I LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I 005F _ LOW LINE
• Turkish and Azerbaijani use 0131 ı for = SPACING UNDERSCORE
lowercase • this is a spacing character
→ 0130 İ latin capital letter i with dot above → 02CD modifier letter low macron
→ 0406 І cyrillic capital letter byelorussian- → 0331 I combining macron below
ukrainian i → 0332 J combining low line
→ 04C0 Ӏ cyrillic letter palochka → 2017 ‗ double low line
→ 2110  script capital i 0060 ` GRAVE ACCENT
→ 2111  black-letter capital i • this is a spacing character
→ 2160 Ⅰ roman numeral one → 02CB L modifier letter grave accent
004A J LATIN CAPITAL LETTER J → 0300 M combining grave accent
004B K LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K → 2035 N reversed prime
→ 212A
kelvin sign Lowercase Latin alphabet
004C L LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L
→ 2112  script capital l 0061 a LATIN SMALL LETTER A
004D M LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M 0062 b LATIN SMALL LETTER B
→ 2133  script capital m 0063 c LATIN SMALL LETTER C
004E N LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N 0064 d LATIN SMALL LETTER D
→ 2115  double-struck capital n 0065 e LATIN SMALL LETTER E
004F O LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O
→ 212E ℮ estimated symbol
0050 P LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P
→ 212F script small e
→ 2119 double-struck capital p 0066 f LATIN SMALL LETTER F
0051 Q LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q
0067 g LATIN SMALL LETTER G
→ 211A
double-struck capital q → 0261 ɡ latin small letter script g
→ 210A
script small g
0052 R LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R
0068 h
→ 211B  script capital r LATIN SMALL LETTER H
→ 04BB һ cyrillic small letter shha
→ 211C  black-letter capital r → 210E  planck constant
→ 211D double-struck capital r 0069 i LATIN SMALL LETTER I
0053 S LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S • Turkish and Azerbaijani use 0130 İ for
0054 T LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T uppercase
0055 U LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U → 0131 ı latin small letter dotless i
0056 V LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V 006A j LATIN SMALL LETTER J
0057 W LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W 006B k LATIN SMALL LETTER K
0058 X LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X 006C l LATIN SMALL LETTER L
0059 Y LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y → 2113  script small l
005A Z LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z 006D m LATIN SMALL LETTER M
→ 2124  double-struck capital z 006E n LATIN SMALL LETTER N
→ 2128  black-letter capital z → 207F ⁿ superscript latin small letter n
006F o LATIN SMALL LETTER O
ASCII punctuation and symbols → 2134  script small o
005B [ LEFT SQUARE BRACKET 0070 p LATIN SMALL LETTER P
q
〈 〛
= OPENING SQUARE BRACKET 0071 LATIN SMALL LETTER Q
• other bracket characters: 3008 –301B 0072 r LATIN SMALL LETTER R
005C \ REVERSE SOLIDUS 0073 s LATIN SMALL LETTER S
= BACKSLASH 0074 t LATIN SMALL LETTER T
→ 20E5 combining reverse solidus overlay 0075 u LATIN SMALL LETTER U
→ 2216
set minus 0076 v LATIN SMALL LETTER V
005D ] RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET 0077 w LATIN SMALL LETTER W
= CLOSING SQUARE BRACKET 0078 x LATIN SMALL LETTER X
005E ^ CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT 0079 y LATIN SMALL LETTER Y
• this is a spacing character 007A z LATIN SMALL LETTER Z
→ 02C4 ˄ modifier letter up arrowhead → 01B6  latin small letter z with stroke
→ 02C6 ˆ modifier letter circumflex accent
→ 0302  combining circumflex accent ASCII punctuation and symbols
→ 2303  up arrowhead
007B { LEFT CURLY BRACKET
= OPENING CURLY BRACKET
= opening brace

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007C C0 Controls and Basic Latin 007F
007C | VERTICAL LINE
= VERTICAL BAR
• used in pairs to indicate absolute value
→ 01C0  latin letter dental click
→ 05C0 2 hebrew punctuation paseq
→ 2223 ∣ divides
→ 2758 light vertical bar
˶

007D } RIGHT CURLY BRACKET

= CLOSING CURLY BRACKET
= closing brace
007E ~ TILDE
• this is a spacing character
→ 02DC ˜ small tilde
→ 0303  combining tilde
→ 2053 ˛ swung dash
→ 223C ∼ tilde operator
～
→ FF5E fullwidth tilde
Control character
007F <control>
= DELETE

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