Divides

U+2223
BMP Unicode 1.1
Character
Decimal ∣
Hex ∣

Classification

Unicode properties assigned to this character by the Unicode Consortium. The codepoint is its unique numeric identifier. Category, block, and script determine how text systems render and process it.

Codepoint
U+2223
Decimal
8739
Plane
BMP — Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Math Symbol (Sm)
Script
Common
Bidi class
ON Other Neutral
East Asian Width
A Ambiguous
Properties
Math

Looks Like (Confusables)

Characters that are visually similar — relevant for security, font design, and homoglyph detection.

Encodings & Escape Sequences

Every Unicode character can be represented in multiple ways depending on context. HTML entities let you embed it safely in web pages. UTF-8 bytes are what gets stored on disk and sent over the network. Escape sequences let you reference it in source code without pasting the raw glyph. All formats below refer to the same character — Divides.

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Format Value
HTML Decimal
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HTML Hex
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UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 88 A3
UTF-16 Hex Bytes
22 23
UTF-32 Hex
00002223
CSS Escape
\2223
JavaScript Escape
\u2223
Python Escape
\u2223
URL Encoded
%E2%88%A3
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Characters That Include This

These characters decompose to a sequence that includes Divides as a component. They are effectively precomposed versions or compounds built on this base character.