# U+200B ZERO WIDTH SPACE

Invisible zero-width space (ZWSP) with no width, used to allow line breaks or separate words invisibly, often as a hidden or blank character.

| | |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+200B |
| Name | ZERO WIDTH SPACE |
| Also known as | ZWSP |
| Block | [General Punctuation](https://unicodekit.com/block/general-punctuation) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Format (Cf) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `​` `​` |
| CSS | `\200B` |
| JavaScript | `\u200B` |
| UTF-8 | E2 80 8B |
| UTF-16 | 200B |

## Notes

- commonly abbreviated ZWSP
- this character is intended for invisible word separation and for line break control; it has no width, but its presence between two characters does not prevent increased letter spacing in justification

## Related characters

- [U+200A HAIR SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/200A)
- [U+200C ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER](https://unicodekit.com/char/200C)
- [U+2009 THIN SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2009)
- [U+200D ZERO WIDTH JOINER](https://unicodekit.com/char/200D)
- [U+2008 PUNCTUATION SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2008)
- [U+200E LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/200E)
- [U+2007 FIGURE SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2007)
- [U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/200F)
- [U+2006 SIX-PER-EM SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2006)
- ‐ [U+2010 HYPHEN](https://unicodekit.com/char/2010)
- [U+2005 FOUR-PER-EM SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2005)
- ‑ [U+2011 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN](https://unicodekit.com/char/2011)

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