Unicode Character "⎸" (U+23B8)

The character ⎸ (Left Vertical Box Line) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+23B8. 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 Left Vertical Box Line
Unicode Codepoint U+23B8
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 Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+23B8 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⎸
HTML (hex) ⎸
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%8E%B8
CSS \0023B8
JavaScript, JSON \u23B8
C, C++, Java \u23B8
Python \u23B8
Rust \u{23B8}
Ruby \u23B8

How to type "⎸"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 3 B 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 3 B 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8E 0xB8
UTF-16 (hex) 0x23B8
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000023B8

References