‖
Translingual
Etymology
The caesura mark is a variant of the medieval Latin virgula (“scratch comma”).
Symbol
‖
- (literature) Used to mark caesuras.
- Hwæt! wē Gār-Dena ‖ in gēar-dagum
- (lexicography) Ennaturalised, foreign.
- See ∥ for the parallel line symbol.
- See ⏸ for the pause symbol.
- See | | for single vertical lines enclosing other characters.
- See ‖ ‖ for caesuras (pairs of vertical lines) enclosing other characters.
Usage notes
In Unicode, there are two ways to display this character:
- ‖ =
DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE
(U+2016) - || =
VERTICAL LINE
(U+007C) (twice)
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