What ‷ means
‷ is the reversed triple prime. Unicode classifies it as punctuation and files it in the General Punctuation block; this site shelves it under Punctuation.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
‷ is a single code point, U+2037. In HTML that is ‷, and in CSS \2037.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions 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 ‷
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2037, 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 “reversed triple prime”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2037, then Enter or Space.
HTML
‷CSS
\2037Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
‷
HTML hex
‷
CSS content
content: "\2037";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%80%B7
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.