U+FE33 "" Presentation Form for Vertical Low Line Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+FE33 "" Presentation Form for Vertical Low Line is a typographic glyph designed specifically for use in vertical text layouts, primarily in East Asian scripts like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean where writing is traditionally arranged in columns from top to bottom. This character acts as a vertical variant of the standard underscore or low line, allowing it to run vertically along the left or right side of a column of text to provide underlining or emphasis that aligns with the vertical orientation. It is part of a set of vertical presentation forms that ensure punctuation and symbols maintain correct visual flow and orientation when text direction changes from horizontal to vertical.

General Properties

Code Point
U+FE33
Name
Presentation Form for Vertical Low Line
Unicode 1.0 Name
Glyph for Vertical Spacing Underscore
Decomposition Mapping

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xB8 0xB3
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFE33
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FE33
C/C++/Java Escape
\ufe33