Unicode Character "※" (U+203B)

The character ※ (Reference Mark) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+203B. It is encoded in the General Punctuation 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 Reference Mark
Unicode Codepoint U+203B
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block General Punctuation
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Punctuation
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+203B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ※
HTML (hex) ※
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%80%BB
CSS \00203B
JavaScript, JSON \u203B
C, C++, Java \u203B
Python \u203B
Rust \u{203B}
Ruby \u203B

How to type "※"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 0 3 B. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 0 3 B. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x80 0xBB
UTF-16 (hex) 0x203B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000203B

References