Empty Set

U+2205
BMP Unicode 1.1
Character
Entity ∅
Decimal ∅
Hex ∅

Classification

Unicode properties assigned to this character by the Unicode Consortium. The codepoint is its unique numeric identifier. Category, block, and script determine how text systems render and process it.

Codepoint
U+2205
Decimal
8709
Plane
BMP — Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Math Symbol (Sm)
Script
Common
Bidi class
ON Other Neutral
East Asian Width
N Narrow
Properties
Math

Encodings & Escape Sequences

Every Unicode character can be represented in multiple ways depending on context. HTML entities let you embed it safely in web pages. UTF-8 bytes are what gets stored on disk and sent over the network. Escape sequences let you reference it in source code without pasting the raw glyph. All formats below refer to the same character — Empty Set.

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Format Value
HTML Named Entity
∅
HTML Decimal
∅
HTML Hex
∅
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 88 85
UTF-16 Hex Bytes
22 05
UTF-32 Hex
00002205
CSS Escape
\2205
JavaScript Escape
\u2205
Python Escape
\u2205
URL Encoded
%E2%88%85
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