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Zero Width Non-Joiner HTML entity ‌
‌ is the HTML entity for Zero Width Non-Joiner (U+200C). Copy the decimal ‌ and hex ‌ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
‌- Code point
- U+200C
- Unicode name
- ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER
- Block
- General Punctuation
- Category
- Format (Cf)
- Since
- Unicode 1.1
- Defined in
- HTML 4.01 and 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: "\200C";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u200C"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u200c"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%80%8CPercent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 80 8C3 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 200C1 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
Stops two letters from joining or forming a ligature without adding space. Persian needs it in many everyday words, and it is used in Indic scripts and in German for words where a ligature would cross a word boundary.
The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.
It has no visible shape of its own, which is why the box above shows it with a tinted background.
More spaces and invisible characters
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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).