U+0008 Backspace *
U+0008 was added in Unicode version 1.1 in 1993. It belongs to the block Basic Latin in the Basic Multilingual Plane.
This character is a Control and is commonly used, that is, in no specific script. The character is also known as BACKSPACE.
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+0008 prohibits a line break before it.
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
Backspace (← Backspace) is the keyboard key that in typewriters originally pushed the carriage one position backwards, and in modern computer systems typically moves the display cursor one position backwards, deletes the character at that position, and shifts back any text after that position by one character.
Representations
| System | Representation |
|---|---|
| Nº | 8 |
| UTF-8 | 08 |
| UTF-16 | 00 08 |
| UTF-32 | 00 00 00 08 |
| URL-Quoted | %08 |
| HTML hex reference |  |
| Wrong windows-1252 Mojibake | ∠|
| Caret Notation | ^H |
| C Escape | \b |
| control | BACKSPACE |
| abbreviation | BS |
| alias | BACKSPACE |
| Encoding: ASCII (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: BIG5 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: BIG5HKSCS (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP037 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP273 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP424 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP437 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP500 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP720 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP737 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP775 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP850 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP852 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP855 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP856 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP857 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP858 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP860 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP861 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP862 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP863 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP864 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP865 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP866 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP869 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP874 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP875 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP932 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP949 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP950 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP1006 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP1026 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1125 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP1140 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1250 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP1251 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP1252 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP1253 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP1254 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP1255 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP1256 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP1257 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP1258 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: EUC_JP (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: EUC_JIS_2004 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: EUC_JISX0213 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: EUC_KR (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: GB2312 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: GBK (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: GB18030 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: HZ (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_1 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_2 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_2004 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_3 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_JP_EXT (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO2022_KR (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: LATIN_1 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_2 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_3 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_4 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_5 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_6 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_7 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_8 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_9 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_10 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_11 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_13 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_14 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_15 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: ISO8859_16 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: JOHAB (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: KOI8_R (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: KOI8_T (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: KOI8_U (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: KZ1048 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: MAC_CYRILLIC (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: MAC_GREEK (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: MAC_ICELAND (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: MAC_LATIN2 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: MAC_ROMAN (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: MAC_TURKISH (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: PTCP154 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: SHIFT_JIS (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: SHIFT_JIS_2004 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: SHIFT_JISX0213 (hex bytes) | 08 |
| Encoding: CP037 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1025 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1047 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1097 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1112 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1122 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1123 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1140 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1141 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1142 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1143 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1144 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1145 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1146 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1147 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1148 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1148MS (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP1149 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP273 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP277 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP278 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP280 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP284 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP285 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP290 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP297 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP420 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP424 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP500 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP500MS (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP833 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP838 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP870 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP871 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Encoding: CP875 (hex bytes) | 16 |
| Adobe Glyph List | controlBS |
| digraph | BS |
Elsewhere
Complete Record
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| 1.1 (1993) | |
| — | |
| BACKSPACE | |
| Basic Latin | |
| Control | |
| Common | |
| Boundary Neutral | |
| Not Reordered | |
| none | |
| Backspace* | |
| ✘ | |
| Backspace* | |
| Backspace* | |
| ✘ | |
| Backspace* | |
| Backspace* | |
| Backspace* | |
| Backspace* | |
| Backspace* | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Backspace* | |
| Control | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| 0 | |
| 0 | |
| 0 | |
| ✘ | |
| None | |
| — | |
| NA | |
| Other | |
| — | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Yes | |
| Yes | |
| Backspace* | |
| Yes | |
| Backspace* | |
| Yes | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Other | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Other | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| ✘ | |
| Backspace* | |
| None | |
| neutral | |
| Not Applicable | |
| — | |
| No_Joining_Group | |
| Non Joining | |
| Combining Mark | |
| none | |
| not a number | |
| Backspace* | |
| R |