What ⏖ means
The long value is indivisible. Scansion marks a poem’s rhythm.
Greek meter developed between the 8th and 4th centuries B.C.; papyri (ancient writing sheets) and codices (bound manuscripts) preserve it. These dates describe the system, not ⏖. A dedicated sign distinguishes an indivisible long from two separate shorts. By 2002, studies used the notation for Greek, Roman, and contemporary poetry.
Specialist notation for meter, not a casual reaction.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⏖ look different across fonts?
A font can change it. As of 2026, one without this specialist glyph may show a blank or fallback box; fonts with it can draw the mark differently.
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How to type or find ⏖
- Search it as
- Greek meter · scansion · prosody · double short · metrical mark
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⏖CSS
\23D6Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⏖
HTML hex
⏖
CSS content
content: "\23D6";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%8F%96
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.