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⩨

triple horizontal bar with double vertical stroke

Triple horizontal bar with double vertical stroke

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⩨ means “identical and parallel to” in mathematical notation. Unicode links it to two related operators whose names distinguish equality from identity and a slanted parallel relation.

Text symbol

What ⩨ means

Their names mark different relations. Unicode names “equal and parallel to,” so it uses “equal” where ⩨ uses “identical.” It also links , named “identical to and slanted parallel,” which specifies a slanted parallel relation.

Questions people ask

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Why 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 or find ⩨

Also called
Identical and parallel to
Search it as
triple bar double vertical stroke · parallel relation symbol
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 2A68, 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 “triple horizontal bar with double vertical stroke”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2a68, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⩨
CSS
\2A68
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⩨
HTML hex
⩨
CSS content
content: "\2A68";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A9%A8
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.

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