U+23DB "⏛" Fuse Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⏛
U+23DB "⏛" Fuse is a graphical symbol included in the Miscellaneous Technical block, visually depicting a short, rectangular shape resembling an electrical fuse often seen in circuit diagrams. It was added to the Unicode standard to represent the component in technical documentation, schematics, and digital text where a standard symbol for a fuse is needed. This character serves as a practical tool for engineers, hobbyists, and designers who communicate electronically about electronics, ensuring a consistent and universally recognized icon for a safety device that breaks a circuit when current exceeds a certain threshold.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+23DB |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Fuse |
| 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 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x23DB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000023DB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u23db |
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 |