Unicode Character "⏸" (U+23F8)

The character ⏸ (Double Vertical Bar) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+23F8. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Technical block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 7.0 (June, 2014). It is HTML encoded as ⏸.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Double Vertical Bar
Unicode Codepoint U+23F8
Unicode Version 7.0 (June, 2014)
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+23F8 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⏸
HTML (hex) ⏸
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%8F%B8
CSS \0023F8
JavaScript, JSON \u23F8
C, C++, Java \u23F8
Python \u23F8
Rust \u{23F8}
Ruby \u23F8

How to type "⏸"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8F 0xB8
UTF-16 (hex) 0x23F8
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000023F8

References