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DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE

U+2016 Other Punctuation (Po) · General Punctuation · Zyyy

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Overview

‖ (DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE) is the Unicode character at code point U+2016. It belongs to the General Punctuation block, in the Other Punctuation (Po) general category. Its script is Zyyy.

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Encoding Table

Format	Value	Copy
unicode	U+2016
decimal	8214
htmldecimal	‖
htmlhex	‖
css	\2016
javascript	\u{2016}
python	\u2016
java	\u2016
go	\u2016
ruby	\u{2016}
rust	\u{2016}
ccpp	\u2016
urlencoded	%E2%80%96
utf8bytes	e2 80 96
utf16bebytes	20 16
utf32bebytes	00 00 20 16

How to Use

HTML: ‖

CSS: content: "\2016"

JavaScript: "\u{2016}"

Python: "\u2016"

Properties

Block: General Punctuation
Script: Zyyy
Category: Other Punctuation (Po)
Bidirectional: ON
Combining: 0
Mirrored: No

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ‖ character (DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE)?

‖ (DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE) is the Unicode character U+2016.

What is the Unicode codepoint of DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE?

The DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE character (‖) has codepoint U+2016.

How do I type or copy DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE?

Copy ‖ directly, or use the HTML entity, UTF-8, and code encodings shown on this page.