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U+29F8 · BIG SOLIDUS

Big Solidus

  • CodepointU+29F8
  • NameBIG SOLIDUS
  • Decimal10744
  • BlockMiscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B (U+2980–U+29FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySm — Math Symbol
  • Unicode version3.2 (2002)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredYes

About this character

U+29F8 (⧸) is BIG SOLIDUS, a mathematical symbol in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 3.2 (2002).

It is a mirrored character: in right-to-left text it is displayed as its mirror image, which matches U+29F9 ⧹.

How to type ⧸

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 A7 B83 bytes
UTF-1629F81 code unit
UTF-32000029F84 bytes
HTML decimal⧸
HTML hex⧸
CSS\29F8in content: "…"
JavaScript\u29F8
JSON\u29F8
Python\u29F8
Python\N{BIG SOLIDUS}by name
Java / C#\u29F8
C / C++\u29F8universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{29F8}
Go\u29F8
Ruby\u29F8
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(10744)
URL-encoded%E2%A7%B8percent-encoded UTF-8
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Looks similar

Characters that Unicode’s security data (UTS #39 confusables) lists as visually confusable with this one. Useful for spotting lookalike spoofing in URLs and usernames.

U+002F/Solidus U+2041⁁Caret Insertion Point U+2044⁄Fraction Slash U+2215∕Division Slash U+2571╱Box Drawings Light Diagonal Upper Right to Lower Left U+27CB⟋Mathematical Rising Diagonal U+3033〳Vertical Kana Repeat Mark Upper Half U+30CEノKatakana Letter No U+1735᜵Philippine Single Punctuation U+2CC6ⳆCoptic Capital Letter Old Coptic Esh U+2F03⼃Kangxi Radical Slash U+31D3㇓CJK Stroke Sp U+4E3F丿CJK Unified Ideograph-4e3f U+1D23A𝈺Greek Instrumental Notation Symbol-47
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Nearby in Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B

All in block →
U+29F2⧲Error-Barred White Circle U+29F3⧳Error-Barred Black Circle U+29F4⧴Rule-Delayed U+29F5⧵Reverse Solidus Operator U+29F6⧶Solidus with Overbar U+29F7⧷Reverse Solidus with Horizontal Stroke U+29F9⧹Big Reverse Solidus U+29FA⧺Double Plus U+29FB⧻Triple Plus U+29FC⧼Left-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket U+29FD⧽Right-Pointing Curved Angle Bracket U+29FE⧾Tiny