This is the Unicode character EM QUAD, code point U+2001 (decimal 8193) in the General Punctuation block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write  , and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 80 81.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2001 |
| Decimal | 8193 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 80 81 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2001 |
| UTF-32 | 00002001 |
| HTML decimal |   |
| HTML hex |   |
| CSS | \2001 |
| JavaScript | \u2001 |
| JSON | \u2001 |
| Python | \u2001 |
| Python by name | \N{EM QUAD} |
| Java, C# | \u2001 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2001} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2001 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%80%81 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | EM QUAD |
| Code point | U+2001 (decimal 8193) |
| Block | General Punctuation (U+2000–U+206F) |
| General category | Zs: Space separator |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | WS: Whitespace |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Decomposition
EM QUAD is canonically equivalent to the sequence below. Normalising text to NFD splits it into these parts; NFC joins them back into U+2001. Search and comparison should normalise first, or the two spellings will not match.
Nearby in General Punctuation
- U+2000 En Quad
- U+2002 En Space
- U+2003 Em Space
- U+2004 Three-Per-Em Space
- U+2005 Four-Per-Em Space
- U+2006 Six-Per-Em Space
- U+2007 Figure Space
- U+2008 Punctuation Space
- U+2009 Thin Space
All 111 characters: General Punctuation.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for EM QUAD?
- Use   (decimal) or   (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2001?
- E2 80 81 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%80%81.
- How do I write U+2001 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2001. Python: \u2001.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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