U+244A "⑊" Ocr Double Backslash Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⑊
U+244A "⑊" Ocr Double Backslash is a specialized symbol within the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) block, specifically designed for use in machine-readable text and print recognition contexts. Its shape, resembling two parallel horizontal lines that are offset from each other rather than stacked, visually represents a doubled backslash pattern that can appear in scanned or printed documents, particularly in technical or tabular data. The character was included in Unicode to provide a standard representation for this specific OCR glyph, aiding in the digital processing and reproduction of scanned text where such a symbol might be used to indicate a break, skip, or special coding instruction in older OCR systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+244A |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Ocr Double Backslash |
| Block | Optical Character Recognition |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⑊ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⑊ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x91 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x244A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000244A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u244a |
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 |