Double Vertical Line Symbol

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

Line Symbols collection

Symbol: ‖
Unicode: U+2016
HTML entity: ‖
Category: Line Symbols

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About the double vertical line symbol

The Double Vertical Line is a punctuation mark consisting of two parallel upright strokes. It is used primarily in linguistics and textual notation to indicate a distinct pause or break that is longer than a single vertical line, such as the major prosodic break in phonetic transcriptions. In some reference works, it also functions as a symbol for parallelism in mathematical or logical expressions, or as a delimiter in certain notation systems.

How to type Double Vertical Line

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 2016 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 2016.
Or: Control + Command + Space opens the Character Viewer — search by name.