┊ is the Unicode character BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT QUADRUPLE DASH VERTICAL, code point U+250A (decimal 9482) in the Box Drawing block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ┊, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 94 8A.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+250A |
| Decimal | 9482 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 94 8A |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 250A |
| UTF-32 | 0000250A |
| HTML decimal | ┊ |
| HTML hex | ┊ |
| CSS | \250A |
| JavaScript | \u250A |
| JSON | \u250A |
| Python | \u250A |
| Python by name | \N{BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT QUADRUPLE DASH VERTICAL} |
| Java, C# | \u250A |
| Rust, Swift | \u{250A} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u250A |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%94%8A |
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 | BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT QUADRUPLE DASH VERTICAL |
| Code point | U+250A (decimal 9482) |
| Block | Box Drawing (U+2500–U+257F) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Box Drawing
- │ U+2502 Box Drawings Light Vertical
- ┃ U+2503 Box Drawings Heavy Vertical
- ┄ U+2504 Box Drawings Light Triple Dash Horizontal
- ┅ U+2505 Box Drawings Heavy Triple Dash Horizontal
- ┆ U+2506 Box Drawings Light Triple Dash Vertical
- ┇ U+2507 Box Drawings Heavy Triple Dash Vertical
- ┈ U+2508 Box Drawings Light Quadruple Dash Horizontal
- ┉ U+2509 Box Drawings Heavy Quadruple Dash Horizontal
- ┋ U+250B Box Drawings Heavy Quadruple Dash Vertical
- ┌ U+250C Box Drawings Light Down And Right
- ┍ U+250D Box Drawings Down Light And Right Heavy
- ┎ U+250E Box Drawings Down Heavy And Right Light
- ┏ U+250F Box Drawings Heavy Down And Right
- ┐ U+2510 Box Drawings Light Down And Left
- ┑ U+2511 Box Drawings Down Light And Left Heavy
- ┒ U+2512 Box Drawings Down Heavy And Left Light
All 128 characters: Box Drawing.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ┊?
- Use ┊ (decimal) or ┊ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+250A?
- E2 94 8A (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%94%8A.
- How do I write U+250A in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u250A. Python: \u250A.
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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