LEFT VERTICAL BOX LINE character

Name:

LEFT VERTICAL BOX LINE

Hex Number:

U+23B8

Decimal Number:

9144

HTML Entity (Dec):

⎸

HTML Entity (Hex):

⎸

Category:

So (Other Symbol)

Bidi Class:

ON (Other Neutrals)

Mirrored:

Combining Class:

Unicode Block:

Miscellaneous Technical

Plane:

Plane Code:

BMP

Plane Description:

Basic Multilingual Plane

Plane Range:

0000-FFFF

Character Preview:

⎸

LEFT VERTICAL BOX LINE is a symbol of other type from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of LEFT VERTICAL BOX LINE is Other Neutrals (Neutral). It belongs to the neutrals. Whitespace and punctuation, which take on the directionality of the surrounding text..

The Other Neutral (ON) bidi class includes characters that do not have a strong directional preference and can appear in any text context without influencing the overall directionality. These characters include punctuation marks, symbols, and various other text elements that do not fit into more specific bidi classes.

Other Symbol (So) refers to a broad category of symbols that do not fit into the mathematical, currency, or modifier symbol categories. This includes a wide range of characters used in various contexts, such as zodiac signs, playing card symbols, and geometric shapes.

This character belongs to the Miscellaneous Technical block. The Miscellaneous Technical block contains a variety of symbols used in technical fields, including electronics, engineering, and computer science. These symbols represent various components, processes, and functions, and are essential for technical documentation, diagrams, and schematics. The block ensures that technical symbols can be accurately represented in digital text, supporting a wide range of specialized applications..

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