U+00A7 "§" Section Sign Unicode Character

U+00A7 "§" Section Sign is a typographic symbol primarily used to reference individual sections of a document, such as in legal codes, statutes, or academic texts. It derives from the Latin word "signum sectionis," and in practice it often appears in pairs or with numbers to indicate a specific section or paragraph. In North American legal citation, a double section sign "§§" denotes multiple sections. The character is also employed in digital contexts, such as in metadata or computer file names, as a distinguishing mark due to its distinctive shape.