U+292B "⤫" Rising Diagonal Crossing Falling Diagonal Unicode Character

U+292B "⤫" Rising Diagonal Crossing Falling Diagonal is a mathematical typographic symbol found in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, representing two intersecting diagonal lines where one rises from lower left to upper right and the other falls from upper left to lower right. This character is primarily used in technical notation, particularly in fields such as geometry, logic, or set theory, to denote crossing paths, perpendicularity relationships, or as a visual marker for intersection in diagrams and formal expressions. Its clean, x-shaped design allows it to function as a concise graphical element for indicating a crossing or blocking condition, while remaining distinct from the standard multiplication sign or the letter X.

General Properties

Code Point	U+292B
Version Added	3.2
Name	Rising Diagonal Crossing Falling Diagonal
Block	Supplemental Arrows-B
General Category	Math Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	⤫
HTML Hex Encoding	⤫
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xA4 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x292B
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000292B
C/C++/Java Escape	\u292b

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
Math	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other