# U+00A0 NO-BREAK SPACE

Invisible nonbreaking space, NBSP or &nbsp; in HTML, same width as a normal space but prevents a line break between words.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+00A0 |
| Name | NO-BREAK SPACE |
| Also known as | NBSP |
| Block | [Latin-1 Supplement](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-1-supplement) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Space Separator (Zs) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `&#160;` `&#xA0;` |
| CSS | `\A0` |
| JavaScript | `\u00A0` |
| UTF-8 | C2 A0 |
| UTF-16 | 00A0 |
| Decomposition | noBreak U+0020 |

## Notes

- commonly abbreviated as NBSP
- should be the same width as the space 0020

## Related characters

- [U+009F APPLICATION PROGRAM COMMAND](https://unicodekit.com/char/009F)
- ¡ [U+00A1 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A1)
- [U+009E PRIVACY MESSAGE](https://unicodekit.com/char/009E)
- ¢ [U+00A2 CENT SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A2)
- [U+009D OPERATING SYSTEM COMMAND](https://unicodekit.com/char/009D)
- £ [U+00A3 POUND SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A3)
- [U+009C STRING TERMINATOR](https://unicodekit.com/char/009C)
- ¤ [U+00A4 CURRENCY SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A4)
- [U+009B CONTROL SEQUENCE INTRODUCER](https://unicodekit.com/char/009B)
- ¥ [U+00A5 YEN SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A5)
- [U+009A SINGLE CHARACTER INTRODUCER](https://unicodekit.com/char/009A)
- ¦ [U+00A6 BROKEN BAR](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A6)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/00A0 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/00A0
