What ⫥ means
, , and share its turnstile structure. The Unicode 18.0 chart groups ⫥, , and as turnstile marks. has two vertical bars but a single left turnstile; has one vertical bar and a double left turnstile. keeps the double vertical bars and double turnstile, but points right. These names distinguish the forms; notation supplies each symbol’s role.
Related characters
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Double Vertical Bar Left Turnstile
⫥ vs ⫣: it shares the two vertical bars, but has a single left turnstile.
Vertical Bar Double Left Turnstile
⫥ vs ⫤: both have a double left turnstile; ⫤ has one vertical bar while ⫥ has two.
Double Vertical Bar Double Right Turnstile
⫥ vs ⊫: both have double vertical bars and a double turnstile, but ⊫ points right.
Questions people ask
1Why does ⫥ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find ⫥
- Search it as
- double turnstile · double vertical bar turnstile · double left turnstile
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
⫥CSS
\2AE5Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⫥
HTML hex
⫥
CSS content
content: "\2AE5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AB%A5
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.