This table provides a comprehensive overview of Unicode spaces and their specific uses or characteristics based on the most recent standards and data sources.
| Output | Unicode Code | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| U+0020 | SPACE | Standard space character, produced by pressing the spacebar. | |
| U+00A0 | NO-BREAK SPACE | Prevents automatic line breaks at its position. Abbreviation: NBSP. | |
| U+1680 | OGHAM SPACE MARK | Used in Ogham script; typically rendered as a dash, not a true space. | |
| | U+180E | MONGOLIAN VOWEL SEPARATOR | Thin whitespace used in Mongolian text; deprecated since Unicode 6.3. |
| U+2000 | EN QUAD | A space 1 en wide (1/2 em). | |
| U+2001 | EM QUAD | A space 1 em wide. | |
| U+2002 | EN SPACE | A space 1 en wide (1/2 em). | |
| U+2003 | EM SPACE | A space 1 em wide. | |
| U+2004 | THREE-PER-EM SPACE | A "thick" space, 1/3 em wide. | |
| U+2005 | FOUR-PER-EM SPACE | A "mid" space, 1/4 em wide. | |
| U+2006 | SIX-PER-EM SPACE | A space 1/6 em wide. | |
| U+2007 | FIGURE SPACE | Space as wide as fixed-width digits, used for vertically aligned numbers. | |
| U+2008 | PUNCTUATION SPACE | Space as wide as a period ("."). | |
| U+2009 | THIN SPACE | A thin space, between 1/6 and 1/4 em wide. | |
| U+200A | HAIR SPACE | Narrower than a thin space; typically the thinnest space character. | |
| | U+200B | ZERO WIDTH SPACE | Literally a zero-width space character. |
| | U+200C | ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER | Prevents characters from forming ligatures or joining in cursive scripts. |
| | U+200D | ZERO WIDTH JOINER | Causes characters to form ligatures or join emoji with modifiers. |
| U+2028 | LINE SEPARATOR | Inserts a line break without starting a new paragraph. | |
| U+2029 | PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR | Inserts a new paragraph break. | |
| U+202F | NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE | A narrow no-break space, typically the width of a thin space (NNBSP). | |
| U+205F | MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE | A medium-width space (4/18 em), used in mathematical formulas. | |
| | U+2060 | WORD JOINER | A zero-width non-breaking space (WJ). |
| U+3000 | IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE | Wide space used in East Asian typography, equal to the size of ideographic characters. | |
| | U+FEFF | ZERO WIDTH NO-BREAK SPACE | Deprecated; previously used as a zero-width non-breaking space but now reserved for BOM purposes. |
- This table includes all relevant whitespace and spacing-related Unicode characters from the https://unicode-explorer.com/articles/space-characters source.
- Added missing entries like
OGHAM SPACE MARK,LINE SEPARATOR, andPARAGRAPH SEPARATOR. - Deprecated characters are marked accordingly.
- The descriptions have been refined for clarity and accuracy.