This is the Unicode character NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE, code point U+202F (decimal 8239) in the General Punctuation block, added in Unicode 3.0. In HTML write  , and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 80 AF.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+202F |
| Decimal | 8239 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 80 AF |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 202F |
| UTF-32 | 0000202F |
| HTML decimal |   |
| HTML hex |   |
| CSS | \202F |
| JavaScript | \u202F |
| JSON | \u202F |
| Python | \u202F |
| Python by name | \N{NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE} |
| Java, C# | \u202F |
| Rust, Swift | \u{202F} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u202F |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%80%AF |
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 | NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE |
| Also known as | NNBSP |
| Code point | U+202F (decimal 8239) |
| Block | General Punctuation (U+2000–U+206F) |
| General category | Zs: Space separator |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | CS: Common number separator |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.0 |
Decomposition
NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE has a compatibility decomposition (noBreak) to the sequence below. NFKC and NFKD normalisation replace it with that sequence, which can change how text looks, so use them for search, not for storage.
Nearby in General Punctuation
- ‧ U+2027 Hyphenation Point
- U+2028 Line Separator
- U+2029 Paragraph Separator
- U+202A Left-To-Right Embedding
- U+202B Right-To-Left Embedding
- U+202C Pop Directional Formatting
- U+202D Left-To-Right Override
- U+202E Right-To-Left Override
- ‰ U+2030 Per Mille Sign
- ‱ U+2031 Per Ten Thousand Sign
- ′ U+2032 Prime
- ″ U+2033 Double Prime
- ‴ U+2034 Triple Prime
- ‵ U+2035 Reversed Prime
- ‶ U+2036 Reversed Double Prime
- ‷ U+2037 Reversed Triple Prime
All 111 characters: General Punctuation.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE?
- Use   (decimal) or   (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+202F?
- E2 80 AF (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%80%AF.
- How do I write U+202F in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u202F. Python: \u202F.
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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