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⎽

horizontal scan line-9

Horizontal Scan Line-9

⎽ is a low horizontal line used in old computer-terminal graphics, where pictures and borders were built from text characters. The 9 names its vertical position within a character space. It resembles an underscore _, but it is a different character: use _ when a name or code requires an underscore.

Text symbol

What ⎽ means

The number identifies the line’s height inside a character space. A terminal is a screen-and-keyboard device for working with a computer. Its text display gives each character a fixed rectangular space, or cell. This drawing set uses horizontal strokes at positions numbered 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 from top to bottom; ⎽ is the lowest.

These strokes let text-based displays reproduce simple graphics at different heights. Repeating ⎽ can make a low horizontal rule or a bottom edge. It is a separate character, not formatting that underlines nearby text. Its exact height and how well repeated strokes join depend on the font.

A technical drawing character with no built-in conversational tone.

Part of the collection

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Dash & Hyphen Symbols

Don't confuse it with

Low Line

The underscore is used in names and code. Both characters occupy their own space; ⎽ is a drawing line and cannot substitute for _.

How to type or find ⎽

Search it as: horizontal scan line 9 · scanline · terminal graphics · low horizontal line
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 23BD, then AltX 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 “horizontal scan line-9”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 23bd, then Enter or Space.

HTML

⎽

CSS

\23BD

Microsoft Word

Type 23BD, then press AltX to convert it to ⎽.

HTML

Use ⎽ in HTML source to display ⎽.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

⎽

HTML hex

⎽

CSS content

content: "\23BD";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%E2%8E%BD

On screen

Code points

JS .length

UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

Maths & numbers1,835 symbols

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