Centreline Overline Symbol

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

Symbol: ﹊
Unicode: U+FE4A
HTML entity: ﹊
Category: Line Symbols

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About the centreline overline symbol

The Centreline Overline is read or spoken as "overline" and appears as a short, horizontal line positioned above the text baseline. It is used in East Asian typography as a punctuation mark, often to indicate a title, emphasis, or a special textual annotation in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean writing. This particular form belongs to the CJK Compatibility Forms block, where it serves as a compatibility variant of the standard overline for consistent display in legacy or mixed-script documents.

As a line symbol, it is also employed in technical or formatting contexts to mark a range or a spanning element, such as in mathematical notation or as a visual separator. Its appearance is distinct from the longer, continuous overline found in other character sets, being specifically designed for compatibility with CJK text layouts.

How to type Centreline Overline

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

Windows

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In Word / Outlook: type FE4A then press Alt + X.
Anywhere: press Win + . to open the emoji & symbol picker, then search.

macOS

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Enable “Unicode Hex Input” in System Settings → Keyboard, then hold Option and type FE4A.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.