Unicode Character "⧸" (U+29F8)

The character ⧸ (BIG SOLIDUS) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+29F8. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.2 (March, 2002). It is HTML encoded as ⧸. Its mirrored character is ⧹ (U+29F9).

Main Unicode Properties

Name BIG SOLIDUS
Unicode Codepoint U+29F8
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character ⧹ (U+29F9)

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+29F8 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⧸
HTML (hex) ⧸
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%A7%B8
CSS \29F8
JavaScript \u{29F8}
JSON \u29F8
C, C++ \U000029F8
Java \u29F8
Python \U000029F8
Rust \u{29F8}
Ruby \u{29F8}

How to type "⧸"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 9 F 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 9 F 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xA7 0xB8
UTF-16 (hex) 0x29F8
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000029F8

References