Unicode Character "⎯" (U+23AF)

The character ⎯ (Horizontal Line Extension) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+23AF. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Technical block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.2 (March, 2002). It is HTML encoded as ⎯.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Horizontal Line Extension
Unicode Codepoint U+23AF
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Miscellaneous Technical
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+23AF Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⎯
HTML (hex) ⎯
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%8E%AF
CSS \0023AF
JavaScript, JSON \u23AF
C, C++, Java \u23AF
Python \u23AF
Rust \u{23AF}
Ruby \u23AF

How to type "⎯"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 3 A F. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 3 A F. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8E 0xAF
UTF-16 (hex) 0x23AF
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000023AF

References