U+3000

Ideographic space

Ideographic space is a monochrome text character from the Unicode CJK Symbols and Punctuation block, listed here under Invisible & Spacing. Copy it with one click, or use the hex, octal, decimal and HTML entity codes below to embed it in web pages, code, and documents. It is often searched for as "space", "wide", "cjk", "blank".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+3000
Decimal
12288
Hex
0x3000
Octal
0o30000

Unicode identity

FormatValueCopy
Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+3000
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE
DecimalBase 1012288
HexadecimalBase 160x3000
OctalBase 80o30000
BinaryBase 20011000000000000
General categorySeparator, spaceZs
Unicode blockU+3000–U+303FCJK Symbols and Punctuation
PlaneBasic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0)

HTML & CSS

FormatValueCopy
HTML entity (decimal)　
HTML entity (hex)　
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\3000
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%E3%80%80

Programming languages

FormatValueCopy
JavaScript / TypeScript\u3000
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u3000
Python\u3000
Java / C# / Kotlin\u3000

Byte encodings

FormatValueCopy
UTF-83 bytesE3 80 80
UTF-16 (BE)3000
UTF-32 (BE)00003000

How to type Ideographic space

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +3000 with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type 3000 then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 3000. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Ideographic space".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 3000, then press Space or Enter in GTK apps. IBus and most terminals support the same sequence.

  • HTML, CSS & code

    Paste the character directly, or use the escapes above: 　 in HTML, \3000 in CSS, and \u3000 in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE
Block
CJK Symbols and Punctuation (U+3000–U+303F)
General category
Zs — Separator, space

Data from the Unicode Character Database, version 18.0.0. See the official code chart for the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block: U3000.pdf (PDF, unicode.org).

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy the Ideographic space symbol?

Click the Copy button at the top of this page, or select Ideographic space and press Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on Mac). It is plain Unicode text, so it pastes into documents, chats, code, and design tools.

What is the Unicode code point for Ideographic space?

Ideographic space is U+3000 (decimal 12288, hexadecimal 0x3000, octal 0o30000). It lives in the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block (U+3000–U+303F) of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0).

What is the official Unicode name of Ideographic space?

The Unicode Standard (version 18.0.0) names this character "IDEOGRAPHIC SPACE". Its General_Category is Zs (Separator, space).

What is the HTML code for Ideographic space?

Use 　 or 　. In CSS, use content: "\3000".

How do I type Ideographic space in code?

JavaScript: "\u3000". Python: "\u3000". JSON and Java: "\u3000". The UTF-8 byte sequence is E3 80 80.

Is Ideographic space an emoji?

No. Ideographic space is a text symbol and renders as a monochrome glyph in the current font. Some platforms may offer an emoji variant when U+FE0F is appended.

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