Technical information

Symbol
NameSoftware-function symbol
Unicode numberU+2394
CategoryHexagons
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⎔, or U+2394, is known as the "Software-Function Symbol". It belongs to the "Control Pictures" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of a symbol used to indicate a software function in a computer program. It can be used in various digital contexts, particularly in programming, documentation, and diagrammatic representations of software logic. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity⎔
HTML Entity (hex)⎔
URL Escape Code%E2%8E%94
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x8E 0x94
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10001110:10010100
UTF-160x2394
UTF-320x00002394

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2394"
CSS Code\2394
JavaScript"\u2394"
Perl\x{2394}
Python 2u"\u2394"
Python 3\u2394
Ruby\u{2394}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ⎔ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

12px
16px
20px
28px
36px
48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9108;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2394";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References