Unicode character information
Broken circle with northwest arrow
Displayed on your computer as: ⎋
(if the character is not rendered properly, you may not have the appropriate fonts)
Alternative names:
- escape
Codepoint (decimal): 9099
In unicode block: Miscellaneous Technical
Html entities:
⎋ or ⎋Character input:
There is no universal input system for Unicode characters. But you can use the system-specific input methods below.| Windows: | Hold down Alt and press + on the numeric keyboard. Type: 238B and release Alt. A registry key needs to be enabled for this to work. See Unicode input (wikipedia) for more details. |
| Linux: | Hold down Ctrl and ⇧ Shift and type U238B. Now press ↵ Enter and release Ctrl and ⇧ Shift. |
Other Infos:
General category: So (Other_Symbol): A symbol of other type.Bidirectional class: ON (Other_Neutral): Most other symbols and punctuation marks.
Canonical combining class: 0 (Not_Reordered): Spacing and enclosing marks; also many vowel and consonant signs, even if nonspacing.