U+005C "\" Reverse Solidus Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+005C "" Reverse Solidus is a typographic mark that represents a backslash, a symbol distinct from the forward slash. It originated as a computer programming character, most famously introduced by IBM for the system/360 operating system, and is now integral to many programming languages, file system paths in Windows, and escape sequences in text strings.
General Properties
Code Point
U+005C
Name
Reverse Solidus
Unicode 1.0 Name
Backslash
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
\
HTML Hex Encoding
\
UTF-8 Encoding
0x5C
UTF-16 Encoding
0x005C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000005C
C/C++/Java Escape
\u005c
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Common