What ⍿ means
It marks where a data medium or its usable part ends. A medium holds data, like a tape.
ISO 2047 provided printable signs for invisible communication controls. As of 2026, Unicode's chart identifies ⍿ as the ISO 2047 End of Medium sign; Unicode later encoded it as a character.
Technical-documentation register; in casual text, it reads like an intentional control-code reference.
The printed mark is not the control value it represents.
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 237F, 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 “vertical line with middle dot”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 237f, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⍿CSS
\237FControl+Y
Some control-character tables list Control+Y for End of Medium; as of 2026, it denotes the control value, not ⍿.
Unicode input
Use a character map or your system's Unicode-entry method.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⍿
HTML hex
⍿
CSS content
content: "\237F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%8D%BF
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.