Parallel To

U+2225
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+2225
Decimal
8741
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.

ll U+006C U+006C

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 — Parallel To.

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Format Value
HTML Decimal
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HTML Hex
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UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 88 A5
UTF-16 Hex Bytes
22 25
UTF-32 Hex
00002225
CSS Escape
\2225
JavaScript Escape
\u2225
Python Escape
\u2225
URL Encoded
%E2%88%A5
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Characters That Include This

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