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thin space

“thin space” (U+2009) or “narrow space”: this should be much narrower than space (U+0020); typically set to 1/5 or 1/6 em in English typography, and to 1/4 em in French typography
Class type of: whitespace Q1249586
thin space
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Facts

7 properties
Instance of
Unicode character
Subclass of
whitespace[2]
Different from
narrow no-break space[3]
HTML entity
 ,  ,  ,  [5][6][7][8]
Unicode block
General Punctuation[9]
Unicode character name
THIN SPACE[10]
Unicode code point
2009[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en thin space cs úzká mezera de schmales Leerzeichen es espacio fino he רווח דק ja シンスペース ja 細間隔 ru узкий пробел uk вузька шпація uk короткий пробіл
🔖 Identifiers · 2
Freebase ID
/m/0cp06kk
GlyphWiki ID
u2009

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 1
whitespace
Unicode block 1
General Punctuation
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Summary

thin space is an Unicode character[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Ewpa · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed labels, descriptions or aliases: Remove all redundant labels/aliases same as mul label/aliases via Midleading/RemoveRedundantLabels.js"
  2. 7w ago · Ewpa · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → “thin space” (U+2009) or “narrow space”: this should be much
    Instance of → Unicode character
    Commons category → Thin space
    GlyphWiki ID → u2009
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Image: U+2009 THIN SPACE.svg"
  3. 9w ago · Verdy p · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Unicode character
    Different from → narrow no-break space
    Unicode block → General Punctuation
    Subclass of → whitespace
    "Created claim: Subclass of: whitespace"
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