Unicode Character "︱" (U+FE31)

The character ︱ (Presentation Form For Vertical Em Dash) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+FE31. It is encoded in the CJK Compatibility Forms 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 Presentation Form For Vertical Em Dash
Unicode Codepoint U+FE31
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block CJK Compatibility Forms
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
Decomposition mapping

U+FE31 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ︱
HTML (hex) ︱
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %EF%B8%B1
CSS \00FE31
JavaScript, JSON \uFE31
C, C++, Java \uFE31
Python \uFE31
Rust \u{FE31}
Ruby \uFE31

How to type "︱"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type F E 3 1. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type F E 3 1. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xEF 0xB8 0xB1
UTF-16 (hex) 0xFE31
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000FE31

References