What means
Use "\u{1CC07}" in a JavaScript string literal.
Without braces, JavaScript's \uXXXX syntax accepts only four hexadecimal digits; this symbol's five-digit code point needs the braced form.
What is used for?
It is a corner piece for a ruler-like text graphic.
Text-mode graphics build pictures from aligned character cells instead of a separate image. The 2021 Unicode proposal groups this piece with , the lower horizontal ruler segment, and , the right vertical ruler segment; their names and shapes describe the lower edge, side, and corner of a ruler-like outline. The supplement preserves graphic characters used in legacy computing.
Why does look like a vertical line?
Some older, uncorrected fonts swap it with .
is the straight right vertical piece; is the corner. When their outlines are reversed, it is a font mapping error, not a second meaning.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions 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.
How to type
𜰇\1CC07Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.
