# U+2009 THIN SPACE

Invisible thin space, about a fifth of an em, used between numbers and units or as a thousands separator.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+2009 |
| Name | THIN SPACE |
| Also known as | narrow space |
| Block | [General Punctuation](https://unicodekit.com/block/general-punctuation) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Space Separator (Zs) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | ` ` ` ` |
| CSS | `\2009` |
| JavaScript | `\u2009` |
| UTF-8 | E2 80 89 |
| UTF-16 | 2009 |
| Decomposition | compat U+0020 |

## Notes

- this should be much narrower than space 0020; typically set to 1/5 or 1/6 em

## Related characters

- [U+2008 PUNCTUATION SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2008)
- [U+200A HAIR SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/200A)
- [U+2007 FIGURE SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2007)
- [U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/200B)
- [U+2006 SIX-PER-EM SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2006)
- [U+200C ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER](https://unicodekit.com/char/200C)
- [U+2005 FOUR-PER-EM SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2005)
- [U+200D ZERO WIDTH JOINER](https://unicodekit.com/char/200D)
- [U+2004 THREE-PER-EM SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2004)
- [U+200E LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/200E)
- [U+2003 EM SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2003)
- [U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/200F)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/2009 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/2009