⎻ is the Unicode character HORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-3, code point U+23BB (decimal 9147) in the Miscellaneous Technical block, added in Unicode 3.2. In HTML write ⎻, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 8E BB.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+23BB |
| Decimal | 9147 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8E BB |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 23BB |
| UTF-32 | 000023BB |
| HTML decimal | ⎻ |
| HTML hex | ⎻ |
| CSS | \23BB |
| JavaScript | \u23BB |
| JSON | \u23BB |
| Python | \u23BB |
| Python by name | \N{HORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-3} |
| Java, C# | \u23BB |
| Rust, Swift | \u{23BB} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u23BB |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%8E%BB |
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 | HORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-3 |
| Code point | U+23BB (decimal 9147) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical (U+2300–U+23FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 3.2 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Technical
- ⎳ U+23B3 Summation Bottom
- ⎴ U+23B4 Top Square Bracket
- ⎵ U+23B5 Bottom Square Bracket
- ⎶ U+23B6 Bottom Square Bracket Over Top Square Bracket
- ⎷ U+23B7 Radical Symbol Bottom
- ⎸ U+23B8 Left Vertical Box Line
- ⎹ U+23B9 Right Vertical Box Line
- ⎺ U+23BA Horizontal Scan Line-1
- ⎼ U+23BC Horizontal Scan Line-7
- ⎽ U+23BD Horizontal Scan Line-9
- ⎾ U+23BE Dentistry Symbol Light Vertical And Top Right
- ⎿ U+23BF Dentistry Symbol Light Vertical And Bottom Right
- ⏀ U+23C0 Dentistry Symbol Light Vertical With Circle
- ⏁ U+23C1 Dentistry Symbol Light Down And Horizontal With Circle
- ⏂ U+23C2 Dentistry Symbol Light Up And Horizontal With Circle
- ⏃ U+23C3 Dentistry Symbol Light Vertical With Triangle
All 256 characters: Miscellaneous Technical.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⎻?
- Use ⎻ (decimal) or ⎻ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+23BB?
- E2 8E BB (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%8E%BB.
- How do I write U+23BB in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u23BB. Python: \u23BB.
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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