╍ is the Unicode character BOX DRAWINGS HEAVY DOUBLE DASH HORIZONTAL, code point U+254D (decimal 9549) in the Box Drawing block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ╍, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 95 8D.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+254D |
| Decimal | 9549 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 95 8D |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 254D |
| UTF-32 | 0000254D |
| HTML decimal | ╍ |
| HTML hex | ╍ |
| CSS | \254D |
| JavaScript | \u254D |
| JSON | \u254D |
| Python | \u254D |
| Python by name | \N{BOX DRAWINGS HEAVY DOUBLE DASH HORIZONTAL} |
| Java, C# | \u254D |
| Rust, Swift | \u{254D} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u254D |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%95%8D |
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 HEAVY DOUBLE DASH HORIZONTAL |
| Code point | U+254D (decimal 9549) |
| 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+2545 Box Drawings Left Down Heavy And Right Up Light
- ╆ U+2546 Box Drawings Right Down Heavy And Left Up Light
- ╇ U+2547 Box Drawings Down Light And Up Horizontal Heavy
- ╈ U+2548 Box Drawings Up Light And Down Horizontal Heavy
- ╉ U+2549 Box Drawings Right Light And Left Vertical Heavy
- ╊ U+254A Box Drawings Left Light And Right Vertical Heavy
- ╋ U+254B Box Drawings Heavy Vertical And Horizontal
- ╌ U+254C Box Drawings Light Double Dash Horizontal
- ╎ U+254E Box Drawings Light Double Dash Vertical
- ╏ U+254F Box Drawings Heavy Double Dash Vertical
- ═ U+2550 Box Drawings Double Horizontal
- ║ U+2551 Box Drawings Double Vertical
- ╒ U+2552 Box Drawings Down Single And Right Double
- ╓ U+2553 Box Drawings Down Double And Right Single
- ╔ U+2554 Box Drawings Double Down And Right
- ╕ U+2555 Box Drawings Down Single And Left Double
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+254D?
- E2 95 8D (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%95%8D.
- How do I write U+254D in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u254D. Python: \u254D.
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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