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U+2225 · PARALLEL TO

Parallel to

  • CodepointU+2225
  • NamePARALLEL TO
  • Decimal8741
  • BlockMathematical Operators (U+2200–U+22FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySm — Math Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthA — Ambiguous
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2225 (∥) is PARALLEL TO, a mathematical symbol in the Mathematical Operators block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

Its East Asian Width is Ambiguous: it takes one column in Western contexts and two in East Asian legacy contexts, a common cause of misaligned tables in terminals.

How to type ∥

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 88 A53 bytes
UTF-1622251 code unit
UTF-32000022254 bytes
HTML named∥named character reference
HTML named∥named character reference
HTML named∥named character reference
HTML decimal∥
HTML hex∥
CSS\2225in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2225
JSON\u2225
Python\u2225
Python\N{PARALLEL TO}by name
Java / C#\u2225
C / C++\u2225universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2225}
Go\u2225
Ruby\u2225
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8741)
URL-encoded%E2%88%A5percent-encoded UTF-8
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Characters built on ∥

U+2226∦Not Parallel to
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Nearby in Mathematical Operators

All in block →
U+221F∟Right Angle U+2220∠Angle U+2221∡Measured Angle U+2222∢Spherical Angle U+2223∣Divides U+2224∤Does Not Divide U+2226∦Not Parallel to U+2227∧Logical and U+2228∨Logical or U+2229∩Intersection U+222A∪Union U+222B∫Integral