What is Ideographic Space (U+3000)?

The “Ideographic Space” (U+3000) is a character in the Unicode standard that is used as a space separator in some East Asian scripts, such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Unlike the standard ASCII space character (U+0020), the “Ideographic Space” is used in East Asian writing systems to separate words and phrases, and it is typically wider than the standard ASCII space character.

The “Ideographic Space” character is assigned the code point U+3000 in the Unicode standard and is used to represent a wider space in East Asian text. In digital text, this character is used to ensure that the text is properly formatted and spaced, so that it can be displayed correctly on computer systems and other digital devices.

In general, the “Ideographic Space” character is used in specialized text processing and typography for East Asian scripts, and is not a widely used character in other scripts or languages.

Unicode	U+3000
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How to type Ideographic Space (U+3000)?

To type the “Ideographic Space” (U+3000) character, you can use its Unicode code point representation. The Unicode code point for the “Ideographic Space” character is “U+3000”.

In many text editors, you can type the “Ideographic Space” character by entering its Unicode code point, then pressing the “Alt” and “x” keys (Alt+x) on your keyboard. For example, to type the “Ideographic Space” character in Microsoft Word, you can press “Alt” and “x”, then type “3000” and press “Enter”.

Alternatively, you may be able to find the “Ideographic Space” character in the special characters or symbols menu of your text editor. Some text editors also provide a way to insert the character using a keyboard shortcut, so check the documentation for your specific software for more information.

In HTML and other markup languages, you can add the “Ideographic Space” character by using its Unicode code point representation:

<p>This is a sentence with the Ideographic Space character:&#x3000;</p>

When this HTML code is rendered in a web browser, the “　” character will be displayed as the “Ideographic Space” character.