What 🙽 means
It is a decorative diagonal, not a word or command.
🙽 can add a heavy accent to a title or divider. In code, escape syntax, or a file path, use the ordinary backslash \; this ornament is a different character.
Where did this symbol come from?
Its documented trail begins in the Webdings font.
The earliest documented appearance of this exact form is in Webdings, a Microsoft symbol font designed in 1997 for quick web graphics. Its backslash-key position displayed the heavy diagonal.
Unicode later included font-derived ornaments like this for compatibility with Wingdings, Wingdings 2, and some Webdings symbols. 🙼 is the opposite-sloping partner in this heavy pair.
Ornamental and typographic; it does not carry a standard conversational meaning.
Use `\` where code or a path needs the ordinary backslash.
What it means when someone sends it to you
2 readingsDon't confuse it with
2Questions people ask
1Why does the thick backslash show as a box?
A font may lack this glyph, so the app shows a missing-character box or another fallback. Choose a font that supports the character.
How to type 🙽
🙽\1F67DCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.