# What does a zero-width non-joiner do?

A format character influencing joining behavior in some scripts. Code points: U+200C. Deleting it can change orthography or letter joining; effects depend on context. No fallback is suggested. Font coverage, shaping, and application acceptance were not tested, so those results are unknown.

## Code points

- U+200C ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER

## What was checked

### Zero-width non-joiner

A format character influencing joining behavior in some scripts.

Deleting it can change orthography or letter joining; effects depend on context.

Inspect neighboring characters and the target script before changing it.

## What this does not prove

No OS, font, browser, application, field policy or rendering engine was tested. Unicode validity and segmentation do not establish actual display or acceptance.

Unicode release recorded with this answer: 18.0.0.
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