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Open Box HTML entity ␣
␣ is the HTML entity for Open Box ␣ (U+2423). Copy the decimal ␣ and hex ␣ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
␣- Code point
- U+2423
- Unicode name
- OPEN BOX
- Block
- Control Pictures
- Category
- Other symbol (So)
- Since
- Unicode 1.1
- Defined in
- HTML5
Codes to copy
| HTML named | ␣Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined. | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | ␣Works in HTML and XML. | |
| HTML hex | ␣Works in HTML and XML. | |
| CSS | content: "\2423";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u2423"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u2423"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{OPEN BOX}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%90%A3Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 90 A33 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 24231 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
␣ writes U+2423 (Open Box), a symbol from the Unicode Control Pictures block, encoded since Unicode 1.1. Symbols vary in shape and size between fonts, so check how it renders in the font your page uses.
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.
More symbols and signs
ⓈCircled Latin Capital Letter S⏧Electrical Intersection★Black Star⏢White Trapezium☆White Star⎶Bottom Square Bracket over Top Square Bracket☎Black Telephone⎵Bottom Square Bracket
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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).