unicode

U+200B

ZERO WIDTH SPACE

ZERO WIDTH SPACE · Format · General Punctuation · Common script

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Quick facts

Code point: U+200B
Decimal: 8203
Name: ZERO WIDTH SPACE
General category: Cf — Format
Block: General Punctuation
Script: Common
Bidi class: BN
Combining class: 0
Age: 1.1
Name aliases: ZWSP (abbreviation)

Normalization & case

Decomposition: —
Uppercase: —
Lowercase: —
Titlecase: —
Case folding: —
Bidi mirrored: No

Layout & width

East Asian Width: N
Line Break: ZW
Numeric: —
Script extensions: —

Binary properties

Default_Ignorable_Code_Point

Developer examples

JS: '\u{200b}' // U+200B
Python: "\N{ZERO WIDTH SPACE}"
HTML

Encodings & escapes

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Warnings

This character may be invisible or format-only in many fonts and editors.
Default ignorable: renderers may hide this character.
Often involved in invisible text, bidi tricks, or identifier confusion — handle carefully.

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&NegativeMediumSpace;

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&NegativeThickSpace;

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&NegativeThinSpace;

HTML entity

&NegativeVeryThinSpace;

HTML entity

&ZeroWidthSpace;

Block

General Punctuation

Category

Format

Script

Common

Source

Unicode: 16.0.0
WHATWG: —