Unicode Character "|" (U+007C)

The character | (Vertical Line) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+007C. It is encoded in the Basic Latin block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as |.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Vertical Line
Unicode Codepoint U+007C
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Basic Latin
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+007C Conversion

HTML (decimal) |
HTML (hex) |
HTML (named) |
URL Escape Code %7C
CSS \00007C
JavaScript, JSON \u007C
C, C++, Java \u007C
Python \u007C
Rust \u{007C}
Ruby \u007C

How to type "|"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 0 7 C. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 0 7 C. Release Alt.

Preview

  • |
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • |
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • |
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0x7C
UTF-16 (hex) 0x007C
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000007C

Characters based on "|" (U+007C)

References