Word Joiner HTML entity &NoBreak;

&NoBreak; is the HTML entity for Word Joiner (U+2060). Copy the decimal ⁠ and hex ⁠ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.

Entity: &NoBreak;
Code point: U+2060
Unicode name: WORD JOINER
Block: General Punctuation
Category: Format (Cf)
Since: Unicode 3.2
Defined in: HTML5

Codes to copy

HTML named	`&NoBreak;`Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined.
HTML decimal	`⁠`Works in HTML and XML.
HTML hex	`⁠`Works in HTML and XML.
CSS	`content: "\2060";`In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript	`"\u2060"`Also valid in JSON.
Python	`"\u2060"`Python 3 string literal.
Python by name	`"\N{WORD JOINER}"`Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL	`%E2%81%A0`Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 81 A0`3 bytes.
UTF-16	`2060`1 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts.

When to use it

An invisible character that prevents a line break at its position without adding any space, for example to keep a symbol attached to a word. It replaces the older use of U+FEFF for the same purpose.

The name comes from the HTML5 list (much of it shared with MathML), so it works in every current browser but not in XML or XHTML served as XML, where the numeric reference is the safe choice.

It has no visible shape of its own, which is why the box above shows it with a tinted background.

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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).