Broken Bar Symbol

A symbol from the Line Symbols collection. Click the symbol or the button below to copy.

Line Symbols collection

Symbol: ¦
Unicode: U+00A6
HTML entity: ¦
Category: Line Symbols

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About the broken bar symbol

The broken bar sometimes appears on computer keyboards, where it is often paired with the vertical bar or pipe on the same key. In typography, it serves as a variant of the solid vertical bar, used primarily in mathematical notation or as a visual separator in technical diagrams and tables, though it is far less common than its unbroken counterpart.

How to type Broken Bar

Native keyboard shortcuts for each operating system — derived from the codepoint, so the steps below are always accurate.

Windows

2 options

Hold Alt and type 0166 on the numeric keypad, then release Alt.
Or, in Word: type 00A6 then press Alt + X.

Numeric keypad required (laptops: enable Num Lock or use Fn).

macOS

2 options

Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type 00A6.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.