⁓ is the Unicode character SWUNG DASH, code point U+2053 (decimal 8275) in the General Punctuation block, added in Unicode 4.0. In HTML write ⁓, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 81 93.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2053 |
| Decimal | 8275 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 81 93 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2053 |
| UTF-32 | 00002053 |
| HTML decimal | ⁓ |
| HTML hex | ⁓ |
| CSS | \2053 |
| JavaScript | \u2053 |
| JSON | \u2053 |
| Python | \u2053 |
| Python by name | \N{SWUNG DASH} |
| Java, C# | \u2053 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2053} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2053 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%81%93 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | SWUNG DASH |
| Code point | U+2053 (decimal 8275) |
| Block | General Punctuation (U+2000–U+206F) |
| General category | Po: Other punctuation |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 4.0 |
Nearby in General Punctuation
- ⁋ U+204B Reversed Pilcrow Sign
- ⁌ U+204C Black Leftwards Bullet
- ⁍ U+204D Black Rightwards Bullet
- ⁎ U+204E Low Asterisk
- ⁏ U+204F Reversed Semicolon
- ⁐ U+2050 Close Up
- ⁑ U+2051 Two Asterisks Aligned Vertically
- ⁒ U+2052 Commercial Minus Sign
- ⁔ U+2054 Inverted Undertie
- ⁕ U+2055 Flower Punctuation Mark
- ⁖ U+2056 Three Dot Punctuation
- ⁗ U+2057 Quadruple Prime
- ⁘ U+2058 Four Dot Punctuation
- ⁙ U+2059 Five Dot Punctuation
- ⁚ U+205A Two Dot Punctuation
- ⁛ U+205B Four Dot Mark
All 111 characters: General Punctuation.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⁓?
- Use ⁓ (decimal) or ⁓ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2053?
- E2 81 93 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%81%93.
- How do I write U+2053 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2053. Python: \u2053.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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