Double vertical bar
⏸ is the Unicode character “DOUBLE VERTICAL BAR” (U+23F8). It belongs to the Miscellaneous Technical block and was added in Unicode 7.0. It has a flat text style and a colorful emoji style. Click it to copy, or use the codes below.
⏸ codes
| UnicodeCode point | U+23F8 |
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|---|---|---|
| HTML codeDecimal, works in any HTML page | ⏸ |
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| HTML hexHexadecimal HTML code | ⏸ |
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| CSSFor the CSS content property | \23F8 |
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| JavaScriptEscape in JavaScript strings | \u23F8 |
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| PythonEscape in Python strings | \u23F8 |
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| URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8 | %E2%8F%B8 |
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| UTF-8Bytes in UTF-8 | E2 8F B8 |
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| UTF-16Code units in UTF-16 | 23F8 |
How to type ⏸
Copy and paste
Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.
Windows
Press Win + . to open the emoji and symbol panel, then search for “double vertical bar”.
In Microsoft Word, type 23F8 and press Alt + X.
Mac
Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “double vertical bar”.
iPhone and Android
Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).
About ⏸
- Unicode name
- DOUBLE VERTICAL BAR
- Code point
- U+23F8 (9208)
- Block
- Miscellaneous Technical
- Category
- Other Symbol
- Unicode version
- 7.0
- Styles
- Text (⏸︎) and emoji (⏸️)