U+FF3C "" Fullwidth Reverse Solidus Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans CJK Source: Browser Default

U+FF3C "" Fullwidth Reverse Solidus is a typographic variant of the standard ASCII backslash, designed to occupy the same horizontal space as other fullwidth characters in East Asian scripts like Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. It is encoded in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block and is commonly used in contexts where a monospaced, square-shaped character grid is required, such as in terminal interfaces, plain text tables, or legacy computing environments. While it visually resembles a backslash, its primary function is to provide visual consistency in mixed-script text, where punctuation and symbols must align with the larger width of fullwidth CJK characters.

General Properties

Code Point
U+FF3C
Name
Fullwidth Reverse Solidus
Unicode 1.0 Name
Fullwidth Backslash
Decomposition Mapping

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
\
HTML Hex Encoding
\
UTF-8 Encoding
0xEF 0xBC 0xBC
UTF-16 Encoding
0xFF3C
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000FF3C
C/C++/Java Escape
\uff3c