Unicode Character "⸗" (U+2E17)

The character ⸗ (Double Oblique Hyphen) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2E17. It is encoded in the Supplemental Punctuation block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 4.1 (March, 2005). It is HTML encoded as ⸗.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Double Oblique Hyphen
Unicode Codepoint U+2E17
Unicode Version 4.1 (March, 2005)
Block Supplemental Punctuation
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Dash Punctuation
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2E17 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⸗
HTML (hex) ⸗
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%B8%97
CSS \002E17
JavaScript, JSON \u2E17
C, C++, Java \u2E17
Python \u2E17
Rust \u{2E17}
Ruby \u2E17

How to type "⸗"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xB8 0x97
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2E17
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002E17

References