What ﹉ means
It marks or decorates the text above which it sits.
Unicode 1.1 used the earlier label “spacing dashed overscore.” “Spacing” means it takes its own place in the line instead of attaching to a letter.
Don't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does it look different in another font?
Fonts can draw its dashes differently. In vertical text, Unicode's default rotates it 90° clockwise, though layout software can override that.
How to type ﹉
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType FE49, then Alt+X to get ﹉.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “dashed overline”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType fe49, then Enter or Space.
HTML
﹉CSS
\FE49Unicode input
Search “dashed overline” in a character picker, or enter FE49 in a Unicode hex input that supports it.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
﹉
HTML hex
﹉
CSS content
content: "\FE49";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%EF%B9%89
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.