Horizontal Scan Line-9 Symbol
⎽ is the Unicode “Horizontal Scan Line-9” symbol, used to represent a thin horizontal scan line in text.
U+23BD
The symbol ⎽ is a Unicode character designed for technical or patterned text. It’s useful when you need a compact horizontal scan-line style element without using images. Below you’ll find its Unicode details and practical ways to copy and apply it.
Horizontal Scan Line-9 Symbol Meaning
⎽ (Unicode name: “HORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-9”, code point U+23BD) is a technical text symbol that represents a horizontal scan-line motif. Like other scan-line characters, it’s commonly used to suggest display effects, structured separators, or subtle visual styling in plain text. Because it’s a single Unicode character, it can be convenient in contexts where you want consistent rendering across platforms that support the code point. In design and UI text, it can act as a lightweight decorative line or as a character-level element in layouts, status text, or technical annotations.
Common uses
- •Adding a subtle scan-line separator in plain-text UIs or chat messages
- •Decorating technical labels, panel titles, or headings in documentation
- •Creating lightweight “display effect” text patterns in prototypes
- •Using as a character-level divider in editor themes or monospaced layouts
- •Representing a scan-line element in ASCII/Unicode art and mockups
Examples
⎽ Horizontal Scan Line-9
- ⎽Status: READY ⎽ ONLINE
- ⎽Signal sweep ⎽ processing ⎽ complete
- ⎽Panel 3 ⎽ 1024 lines captured
- ⎽Scanline effect: ⎽ ⎽ ⎽
- ⎽Note ⎽ Use U+23BD for consistent rendering
Variations
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Technical codes
| Unicode | U+23BD | |
| HTML Entity | ⎽ | |
| HTML Code | ⎽ | |
| CSS | \23BD |
FAQ
What does the Horizontal Scan Line-9 symbol mean?
⎽ (Unicode name: “HORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-9”, code point U+23BD) is a technical text symbol that represents a horizontal scan-line motif. Like other scan-line characters, it’s commonly used to suggest display effects, structured separators, or subtle visual styling in plain text. Because it’s a single Unicode character, it can be convenient in contexts where you want consistent rendering across platforms that support the code point. In design and UI text, it can act as a lightweight decorative line or as a character-level element in layouts, status text, or technical annotations.
What is the Unicode code point for ⎽?
⎽ is U+23BD (Unicode name: “HORIZONTAL SCAN LINE-9”).
How can I copy ⎽ for use in text or web content?
Copy the character directly from this page, or use the HTML entity ⎽ or CSS escape \\23BD.
Will ⎽ always look the same on every device?
It depends on font support for U+23BD. Where supported, it should render as a horizontal scan-line style character.
What’s a practical way to use ⎽ in UI or documentation?
Use it as a subtle horizontal separator between phrases, labels, or status text where you want a character-level decorative line without images.