Unicode Character "ESC" U+001B ESCAPE
Unicode Version 15.1
ESC
Summary
The unicode character "ESC" at code point U+001B is ESCAPE. 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 "ESC" is 0x1B and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x001B.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+001B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Escape |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Control |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Boundary Neutral |
| Alias | ESC (abbreviation) ESCAPE (control) |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |  |
| HTML Hex Encoding |  |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x1B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x001B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000001B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u001b |
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 |