U+2445 "" Ocr Bow Tie Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Symbols 2 Source: Browser Default

U+2445 "" Ocr Bow Tie is a specialized symbol belonging to the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) block, which was designed to encode characters used in machine reading of text. This particular glyph resembles a bow tie and was originally intended to represent a specific mark or signal within OCR systems, where it might indicate a break, separation, or misrecognition in scanned or printed documents. Despite its niche origin, the character has found occasional use in modern digital contexts as a decorative or whimsical typographic element, often added to text for visual flair rather than for its original technological function.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
⑅
HTML Hex Encoding
⑅
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x91 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2445
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002445
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2445