U+23BC "⎼" Horizontal Scan Line-7 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⎼
U+23BC "⎼" Horizontal Scan Line-7 is a graphic symbol used in technical and engineering notation to represent a specific horizontal line segment within a raster or scan line pattern, typically corresponding to the seventh of a series of such lines in a scan grid. It forms part of the Unicode block for Miscellaneous Technical symbols, where it aids in the depiction of cathode-ray tube scanning patterns, video signal diagrams, or teletext graphics, serving as a precise visual marker for line-based data display rather than for standard text or punctuation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+23BC |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Horizontal Scan Line-7 |
| Block | Miscellaneous Technical |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⎼ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⎼ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8E 0xBC |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x23BC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000023BC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u23bc |
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 | Alphabetic |
| 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 |