Unicode Character "BS" U+0008 BACKSPACE
Unicode Version 15.1
BS
Summary
The unicode character "BS" at code point U+0008 is BACKSPACE. It is a character in the Basic Latin block and is part of the Common script. The character is a control. The UTF-8 encoding of "BS" is 0x08 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x0008.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+0008 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Backspace |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Control |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Boundary Neutral |
| Alias | BACKSPACE (control) BS (abbreviation) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |  |
| HTML Hex Encoding |  |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x08 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x0008 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00000008 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u0008 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Combining Mark |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Control |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |