Broken Bar
On Windows, hold Alt and type 0166 on the numeric keypad to insert broken bar.
- Alt code
- Alt+0166
- HTML entity
- ¦
- Unicode
- U+00A6
About this symbol
The broken bar was once just another way to draw the vertical bar |, and many keyboards, including the standard British layout, still print the key with a gap in the middle. Latin-1 made them two separate characters, so ¦ now has its own Alt code, while | is the one programs and maths expect.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- BROKEN BAR
- Also called
- Broken vertical bar (1.0), Parted rule (in typography)
- Type
- Symbol
- Unicode block
- Latin-1 Supplement
- Unicode group
- Latin-1 punctuation and symbols
- Added in
- Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Click the symbol or any value at the top of the page to copy it. See the full Windows Extended Codes: 0128 to 0255 chart for related characters.