⏖ is the Unicode character METRICAL TWO SHORTS JOINED, code point U+23D6 (decimal 9174) in the Miscellaneous Technical block, added in Unicode 4.1. In HTML write ⏖, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 8F 96.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+23D6 |
| Decimal | 9174 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8F 96 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 23D6 |
| UTF-32 | 000023D6 |
| HTML decimal | ⏖ |
| HTML hex | ⏖ |
| CSS | \23D6 |
| JavaScript | \u23D6 |
| JSON | \u23D6 |
| Python | \u23D6 |
| Python by name | \N{METRICAL TWO SHORTS JOINED} |
| Java, C# | \u23D6 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{23D6} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u23D6 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%8F%96 |
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 | METRICAL TWO SHORTS JOINED |
| Code point | U+23D6 (decimal 9174) |
| 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 | 4.1 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Technical
- ⏎ U+23CE Return Symbol
- ⏏ U+23CF Eject button
- ⏐ U+23D0 Vertical Line Extension
- ⏑ U+23D1 Metrical Breve
- ⏒ U+23D2 Metrical Long Over Short
- ⏓ U+23D3 Metrical Short Over Long
- ⏔ U+23D4 Metrical Long Over Two Shorts
- ⏕ U+23D5 Metrical Two Shorts Over Long
- ⏗ U+23D7 Metrical Triseme
- ⏘ U+23D8 Metrical Tetraseme
- ⏙ U+23D9 Metrical Pentaseme
- ⏚ U+23DA Earth Ground
- ⏛ U+23DB Fuse
- ⏜ U+23DC Top Parenthesis
- ⏝ U+23DD Bottom Parenthesis
- ⏞ U+23DE Top Curly Bracket
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+23D6?
- E2 8F 96 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%8F%96.
- How do I write U+23D6 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u23D6. Python: \u23D6.
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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