This is the Unicode character COMBINING LONG VERTICAL LINE OVERLAY, code point U+20D2 (decimal 8402) in the Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ⃒, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 83 92.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+20D2 |
| Decimal | 8402 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 83 92 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 20D2 |
| UTF-32 | 000020D2 |
| HTML decimal | ⃒ |
| HTML hex | ⃒ |
| CSS | \20D2 |
| JavaScript | \u20D2 |
| JSON | \u20D2 |
| Python | \u20D2 |
| Python by name | \N{COMBINING LONG VERTICAL LINE OVERLAY} |
| Java, C# | \u20D2 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{20D2} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u20D2 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%83%92 |
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 | COMBINING LONG VERTICAL LINE OVERLAY |
| Code point | U+20D2 (decimal 8402) |
| Block | Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols (U+20D0–U+20FF) |
| General category | Mn: Non-spacing mark |
| Script | Inherited |
| Bidirectional class | NSM: Non-spacing mark |
| Combining class | 1 |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols
- U+20D0 Combining Left Harpoon Above
- U+20D1 Combining Right Harpoon Above
- U+20D3 Combining Short Vertical Line Overlay
- U+20D4 Combining Anticlockwise Arrow Above
- U+20D5 Combining Clockwise Arrow Above
- U+20D6 Combining Left Arrow Above
- U+20D7 Combining Right Arrow Above
- U+20D8 Combining Ring Overlay
- U+20D9 Combining Clockwise Ring Overlay
- U+20DA Combining Anticlockwise Ring Overlay
All 33 characters: Combining Diacritical Marks for Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for COMBINING LONG VERTICAL LINE OVERLAY?
- Use ⃒ (decimal) or ⃒ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+20D2?
- E2 83 92 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%83%92.
- How do I write U+20D2 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u20D2. Python: \u20D2.
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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