| Symbol Name | Symbol For Start Of Text |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 |
| Unicode | U+2402 |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Other Symbol (So) |
| CSS Code | \2402 |
| Hex Code | 0x2402 |
| HTML Code | ␂ |
| LaTeX | \text{SYMBOLFORSTARTOFTEXT} |
| Symbol | ␂ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%90%82 |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Symbol For Start Of Text |
| UTF-8 | E2 90 82 |
| UTF-16 | 2402 |
| UTF-32 | 00002402 |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3\text{SYMBOLFORSTARTOFTEXT}4\end{document}You can type the symbol for start of text symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Alt + 9218 on Windows (numeric keypad with Num Lock), or insert via Character Map.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "symbol for start of text", or use Unicode Hex Input with 2402.
Ctrl + Shift + U, type 2402, then Enter (layout-dependent).
Paste from this page, use text replacement, or pick from the emoji keyboard.
Paste from this page or use a keyboard with technical symbol support.
1span.symbol-for-start-of-text::before { content: "\2402"; }1<span>␂</span>Symbol For Start Of Text symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | '\u2402' or String.fromCodePoint(9218) |
| Python | '\N{SYMBOL FOR START OF TEXT}' or chr(9218) |
| Rust | '\u{2402}' |
| C / C++ | UTF-8 source or wchar_t with U+2402 |
| Go | string(rune(0x2402)) |
| Ruby | "\u{2402}" |