Unicode Character "╱" (U+2571)

The character ╱ (BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT DIAGONAL UPPER RIGHT TO LOWER LEFT) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2571. 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 DIAGONAL UPPER RIGHT TO LOWER LEFT
Unicode Codepoint U+2571
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+2571 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ╱
HTML (hex) ╱
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%95%B1
CSS \2571
JavaScript \u{2571}
JSON \u2571
C, C++ \U00002571
Java \u2571
Python \U00002571
Rust \u{2571}
Ruby \u{2571}

How to type "╱"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 5 7 1. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 5 7 1. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x95 0xB1
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2571
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002571

References