Unicode Character "║" (U+2551)

The character ║ (Box Drawings Double Vertical) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2551. 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 Double Vertical
Unicode Codepoint U+2551
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+2551 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ║
HTML (hex) ║
HTML (named) ║
URL Escape Code %E2%95%91
CSS \002551
JavaScript, JSON \u2551
C, C++, Java \u2551
Python \u2551
Rust \u{2551}
Ruby \u2551

How to type "║"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 5 1. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 5 1. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x95 0x91
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2551
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002551

References