Technical information

Symbol
NameDotted fence
Unicode numberU+2999
CategoryPunctuation Symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character ⦙, or U+2999, is known as the "Dotted Fence". It is part of the "Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B" block, which includes a variety of mathematical and technical symbols. This character falls under the "Symbol, Math" category. Visually, it represents a vertical line composed of a series of dots, akin to a "fence" made from dots. While it doesn't have a standard usage in mainstream mathematics, it could be used in more specialized or custom notations to represent a boundary, delimiter, or other similar concepts. Like other symbols, the specific usage of the Dotted Fence can vary depending on its context.

Encoding

HTML Entity⦙
HTML Entity (hex)⦙
URL Escape Code%E2%A6%99
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0xA6 0x99
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10100110:10011001
UTF-160x2999
UTF-320x00002999

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2999"
CSS Code\2999
JavaScript"\u2999"
Perl\x{2999}
Python 2u"\u2999"
Python 3\u2999
Ruby\u{2999}

Preview

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

Font size:

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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>&#10649;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2999";
}

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