This is the Unicode character MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE, code point U+205F (decimal 8287) in the General Punctuation block, added in Unicode 3.2. In HTML write  , and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 81 9F.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+205F |
| Decimal | 8287 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 81 9F |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 205F |
| UTF-32 | 0000205F |
| HTML decimal |   |
| HTML hex |   |
| HTML named |   |
| CSS | \205F |
| JavaScript | \u205F |
| JSON | \u205F |
| Python | \u205F |
| Python by name | \N{MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE} |
| Java, C# | \u205F |
| Rust, Swift | \u{205F} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u205F |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%81%9F |
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 | MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE |
| Also known as | MMSP |
| Code point | U+205F (decimal 8287) |
| 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 | 3.2 |
Decomposition
MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE has a compatibility decomposition (compat) 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+2057 Quadruple Prime
- ⁘ U+2058 Four Dot Punctuation
- ⁙ U+2059 Five Dot Punctuation
- ⁚ U+205A Two Dot Punctuation
- ⁛ U+205B Four Dot Mark
- ⁜ U+205C Dotted Cross
- ⁝ U+205D Tricolon
- ⁞ U+205E Vertical Four Dots
- U+2060 Word Joiner
- U+2061 Function Application
- U+2062 Invisible Times
- U+2063 Invisible Separator
- U+2064 Invisible Plus
- U+2066 Left-To-Right Isolate
- U+2067 Right-To-Left Isolate
- U+2068 First Strong Isolate
All 111 characters: General Punctuation.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE?
- Use the named entity  , or   (decimal) or   (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+205F?
- E2 81 9F (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%81%9F.
- How do I write U+205F in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u205F. Python: \u205F.
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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