U+002F "/" Solidus Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+002F "/" Solidus is a fundamental punctuation mark in digital text, officially defined as a general punctuation symbol used for various purposes, including indicating division in mathematics, separating paths in file directories, and acting as a delimiter in dates and URLs. It is encoded in the Basic Latin block, sharing its code point with the ASCII character 047, and its visual representation is a simple, forward-slanting line. While commonly referred to as a forward slash or just a slash, its official Unicode name is "Solidus," a term historically used in typography to denote a shilling mark or a fraction bar, though today it is most widely recognized for structuring hierarchical identifiers and separating alternatives in written language.

General Properties

Code Point U+002F
Version Added 1.1
Name Solidus
Unicode 1.0 Name Slash
Block Basic Latin
General Category Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Common Separator

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding /
HTML Hex Encoding /
UTF-8 Encoding 0x2F
UTF-16 Encoding 0x002F
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000002F
C/C++/Java Escape \u002f

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Symbols Allowing Break After
East Asian Width Narrow
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Pattern Syntax Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other