REPLACEMENT CHARACTER character

Name:

REPLACEMENT CHARACTER

Hex Number:

U+FFFD

Decimal Number:

65533

HTML Entity (Dec):

�

HTML Entity (Hex):

�

Category:

So (Other Symbol)

Bidi Class:

ON (Other Neutrals)

Mirrored:

Combining Class:

Unicode Block:

Specials

Plane:

Plane Code:

BMP

Plane Description:

Basic Multilingual Plane

Plane Range:

0000-FFFF

Character Preview:

�

REPLACEMENT CHARACTER is a symbol of other type from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of REPLACEMENT CHARACTER is Other Neutrals (Neutral). It belongs to the neutrals. Whitespace and punctuation, which take on the directionality of the surrounding text..

The Other Neutral (ON) bidi class includes characters that do not have a strong directional preference and can appear in any text context without influencing the overall directionality. These characters include punctuation marks, symbols, and various other text elements that do not fit into more specific bidi classes.

Other Symbol (So) refers to a broad category of symbols that do not fit into the mathematical, currency, or modifier symbol categories. This includes a wide range of characters used in various contexts, such as zodiac signs, playing card symbols, and geometric shapes.

This character belongs to the Specials block. The Specials block contains special-purpose characters that serve various non-textual functions in digital text processing. These include the replacement character (used to indicate an unknown or unrepresentable character), the byte order mark (BOM), and various control characters. The block is essential for ensuring the correct processing and display of text in digital environments, particularly in situations where text encoding or rendering issues arise..

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