U+203E "‾" Overline Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

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Source: Noto Sans Source: Browser Default

U+203E "‾" Overline is a typographic symbol that represents a horizontal line placed above text, primarily used to indicate a continuous line over a sequence of characters, often serving as a diacritical mark in certain transliteration systems or as a formatting element in plain text environments where underlining is not available. It differs from the macron U+00AF, which is a dedicated combining diacritic, because the overline is a distinct spacing character meant to span multiple characters in contexts like fractions (e.g., 1‾3) or to denote nonbreaking spaces in text processing, and it is also employed in computing as a visual placeholder for missing or hidden data.

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Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x80 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding
0x203E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000203E
C/C++/Java Escape
\u203e