U+23D5 "⏕" Metrical Two Shorts over Long Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⏕
U+23D5 "⏕" Metrical Two Shorts over Long is a specialized symbol used in the field of prosody, which is the study of poetic meter and rhythm. It visually represents a specific metrical foot consisting of two short syllables followed by a long syllable, a pattern known in classical quantitative verse as an anapaest. Unlike more common metrical symbols such as the breve for a short syllable and the macron for a long syllable, this single glyph combines both elements into one compact unit for clear notation in scholarly texts or linguistic diagrams. Part of the "Miscellaneous Technical" block, it serves as a concise tool for annotating and analyzing the rhythmic structure of poetry, particularly in contexts where precise scansion is required.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+23D5 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Metrical Two Shorts over Long |
| 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 0x8F 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x23D5 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000023D5 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u23d5 |
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 | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |