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Pilcrow
U+00B6 · Latin-1 Supplement
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Meaning and uses
The pilcrow, or paragraph mark. Editors and word processors use it to show where a paragraph ends, and designers like it as a decorative mark.
Unicode details
¶ is the Unicode character named PILCROW SIGN, code point U+00B6, in the Latin-1 Supplement block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as punctuation (general category Po).
It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.
| Unicode name | PILCROW SIGN |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+00B6 |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Added | Unicode 1.1 (1993) |
| UTF-8 bytes | C2 B6 |
| UTF-16 | 00B6 |
| HTML | ¶ or ¶ |
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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 00B6 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 “pilcrow sign”.
- On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 00b6, then Space or Enter.
- In HTML, use
¶or¶. In a CSScontentproperty, use"\00B6".