U+005C "\" Reverse Solidus Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+005C "" Reverse Solidus is a typographic mark that represents a backslash, a symbol distinct from the forward slash. It originated as a computer programming character, most famously introduced by IBM for the system/360 operating system, and is now integral to many programming languages, file system paths in Windows, and escape sequences in text strings.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+005C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Reverse Solidus |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Backslash |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | \ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | \ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x5C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x005C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000005C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u005c |