# U+0098 START OF STRING

A control in the Latin-1 Supplement block.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+0098 |
| Name | START OF STRING |
| Also known as | SOS, START OF STRING |
| Block | [Latin-1 Supplement](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-1-supplement) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Control (Cc) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `˜` `˜` |
| CSS | `\98` |
| JavaScript | `\u0098` |
| UTF-8 | C2 98 |
| UTF-16 | 0098 |

## Related characters

- [U+0097 END OF GUARDED AREA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0097)
- [U+0099 CONTROL-0099](https://unicodekit.com/char/0099)
- [U+0096 START OF GUARDED AREA](https://unicodekit.com/char/0096)
- [U+009A SINGLE CHARACTER INTRODUCER](https://unicodekit.com/char/009A)
- [U+0095 MESSAGE WAITING](https://unicodekit.com/char/0095)
- [U+009B CONTROL SEQUENCE INTRODUCER](https://unicodekit.com/char/009B)
- [U+0094 CANCEL CHARACTER](https://unicodekit.com/char/0094)
- [U+009C STRING TERMINATOR](https://unicodekit.com/char/009C)
- [U+0093 SET TRANSMIT STATE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0093)
- [U+009D OPERATING SYSTEM COMMAND](https://unicodekit.com/char/009D)
- [U+0092 PRIVATE USE TWO](https://unicodekit.com/char/0092)
- [U+009E PRIVACY MESSAGE](https://unicodekit.com/char/009E)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/0098 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/0098