Unicode Character "∥" (U+2225)

The character ∥ (Parallel To) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2225. It is encoded in the Mathematical Operators 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 Parallel To
Unicode Codepoint U+2225
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Mathematical Operators
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+2225 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ∥
HTML (hex) ∥
HTML (named) ∥
URL Escape Code %E2%88%A5
CSS \002225
JavaScript, JSON \u2225
C, C++, Java \u2225
Python \u2225
Rust \u{2225}
Ruby \u2225

How to type "∥"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 2 5. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 2 5. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x88 0xA5
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2225
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002225

Characters based on "∥" (U+2225)

References