Unicode Character "╬" (U+256C)

The character ╬ (Box Drawings Double Vertical And Horizontal) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+256C. 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 And Horizontal
Unicode Codepoint U+256C
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+256C Conversion

HTML (decimal) ╬
HTML (hex) ╬
HTML (named) ╬
URL Escape Code %E2%95%AC
CSS \00256C
JavaScript, JSON \u256C
C, C++, Java \u256C
Python \u256C
Rust \u{256C}
Ruby \u256C

How to type "╬"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 6 C. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 6 C. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x95 0xAC
UTF-16 (hex) 0x256C
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000256C

References