Unicode Character "╎" (U+254E)

The character ╎ (Box Drawings Light Double Dash Vertical) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+254E. It is encoded in the Box Drawing 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 Box Drawings Light Double Dash Vertical
Unicode Codepoint U+254E
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Box Drawing
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+254E Conversion

HTML (decimal) ╎
HTML (hex) ╎
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%95%8E
CSS \00254E
JavaScript, JSON \u254E
C, C++, Java \u254E
Python \u254E
Rust \u{254E}
Ruby \u254E

How to type "╎"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 4 E. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 4 E. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x95 0x8E
UTF-16 (hex) 0x254E
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000254E

References