U+0002 Start of Text *
U+0002 was added in Unicode version 1.1 in 1993. It belongs to the block
This character is a Control and is commonly used, that is, in no specific script. The character is also known as START OF TEXT.
The glyph is not a composition. It has no designated width in East Asian texts. In bidirectional text it acts as Boundary Neutral. When changing direction it is not mirrored. U+0002 prohibits a line break before it.
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Encoding: CP273 (hex bytes) | |
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Encoding: CP437 (hex bytes) | |
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Encoding: CP869 (hex bytes) | |
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Encoding: CP932 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP949 (hex bytes) | |
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Encoding: CP1006 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1026 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1125 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1140 (hex bytes) | |
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Encoding: CP1251 (hex bytes) | |
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Encoding: CP1253 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1254 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1255 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1256 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1257 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1258 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: EUC_JP (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: EUC_JIS_2004 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: EUC_JISX0213 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: EUC_KR (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: GB2312 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: GBK (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: GB18030 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: HZ (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: ISO2022_JP (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: ISO2022_JP_1 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: ISO2022_JP_2 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: ISO2022_JP_2004 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: ISO2022_JP_3 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: ISO2022_JP_EXT (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: ISO2022_KR (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: LATIN_1 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: ISO8859_2 (hex bytes) | |
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Encoding: ISO8859_6 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: ISO8859_7 (hex bytes) | |
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Encoding: ISO8859_15 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: ISO8859_16 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: JOHAB (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: KOI8_R (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: KOI8_T (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: KOI8_U (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: KZ1048 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: MAC_CYRILLIC (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: MAC_GREEK (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: MAC_ICELAND (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: MAC_LATIN2 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: MAC_ROMAN (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: MAC_TURKISH (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: PTCP154 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: SHIFT_JIS (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: SHIFT_JIS_2004 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: SHIFT_JISX0213 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP037 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1025 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1047 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1097 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1112 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1122 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1123 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1140 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1141 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1142 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1143 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1144 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1145 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1146 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1147 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1148 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1148MS (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP1149 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP273 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP277 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP278 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP280 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP284 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP285 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP290 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP297 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP420 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP424 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP500 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP500MS (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP833 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP838 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP870 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP871 (hex bytes) | |
Encoding: CP875 (hex bytes) | |
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Elsewhere
Complete Record
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1.1 (1993) | |
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START OF TEXT | |
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neutral | |
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No_Joining_Group | |
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