SOLIDUS character

SOLIDUS
U+002F
47
/
/
SLASH
Po (Other Puntuation)
CS (Common Number Separator)
N
0
Basic Latin
0
BMP
Basic Multilingual Plane
0000-FFFF
/












SOLIDUS is a punctuation mark of other type from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of SOLIDUS is Common Number Separator (Weak). It belongs to the punctuation marks used with numbers, like then colon sign and the comma sign. Treated like digits when they occur as part of a number and like punctuation the rest of the time..

The Common Separator (CS) bidi class includes characters like the comma and the colon (,:, ;). These separators are treated neutrally but play a key role in the correct formatting of lists, ranges, and other text structures that include punctuation in bidirectional contexts.

Other Punctuation (Po) refers to all other punctuation marks that do not fit into the connector, dash, open, close, initial, or final categories. This includes characters like the period, comma, colon, and various other symbols used to structure sentences and phrases.

This character belongs to the Basic Latin block. The Basic Latin block, also known as the ASCII block, is foundational in computing and text processing. It includes the standard English alphabet (both uppercase and lowercase), Arabic numerals (0-9), and essential punctuation marks like periods, commas, and parentheses. ASCII, which stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, was developed in the 1960s and remains a cornerstone of text encoding. This block is indispensable for programming, data interchange, and everyday digital communication, forming the basis for many other Unicode blocks..