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Light quadruple dash vertical
U+250A · Box Drawing
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Meaning and uses
A vertical line broken into four dashes. In aesthetic text it starts the lines of a list or a frame: ┊ item.
Unicode details
┊ is the Unicode character named BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT QUADRUPLE DASH VERTICAL, code point U+250A, in the Box Drawing block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).
It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.
| Unicode name | BOX DRAWINGS LIGHT QUADRUPLE DASH VERTICAL |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+250A |
| Block | Box Drawing |
| Added | Unicode 1.1 (1993) |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 94 8A |
| UTF-16 | 250A |
| HTML | ┊ |
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How to type ┊
- On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
- In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 250A and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ┊.
- On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “box drawings light quadruple dash vertical”.
- On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 250a, then Space or Enter.
- In HTML, use
┊. In a CSScontentproperty, use"\250A".