Unicode Character "⫦" (U+2AE6)

The character ⫦ (Long Dash From Left Member Of Double Vertical) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2AE6. It is encoded in the Supplemental Mathematical Operators block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.2 (March, 2002). It is HTML encoded as ⫦.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Long Dash From Left Member Of Double Vertical
Unicode Codepoint U+2AE6
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Supplemental Mathematical Operators
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2AE6 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⫦
HTML (hex) ⫦
HTML (named) ⫦
URL Escape Code %E2%AB%A6
CSS \002AE6
JavaScript, JSON \u2AE6
C, C++, Java \u2AE6
Python \u2AE6
Rust \u{2AE6}
Ruby \u2AE6

How to type "⫦"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 A E 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 A E 6. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xAB 0xA6
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2AE6
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002AE6

References