# \ U+005C REVERSE SOLIDUS

Backslash, a slash leaning left, used in Windows file paths and as the escape character in programming.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `\` |
| Codepoint | U+005C |
| Name | REVERSE SOLIDUS |
| Also known as | backslash |
| Block | [Basic Latin](https://unicodekit.com/block/basic-latin) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `\` `\` |
| CSS | `\5C` |
| JavaScript | `\u005C` |
| UTF-8 | 5C |
| UTF-16 | 005C |

## Related characters

- [ [U+005B LEFT SQUARE BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/005B)
- ] [U+005D RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/005D)
- Z [U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z](https://unicodekit.com/char/005A)
- ^ [U+005E CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT](https://unicodekit.com/char/005E)
- Y [U+0059 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y](https://unicodekit.com/char/0059)
- _ [U+005F LOW LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/005F)
- X [U+0058 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER X](https://unicodekit.com/char/0058)
- ` [U+0060 GRAVE ACCENT](https://unicodekit.com/char/0060)
- W [U+0057 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER W](https://unicodekit.com/char/0057)
- a [U+0061 LATIN SMALL LETTER A](https://unicodekit.com/char/0061)
- V [U+0056 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V](https://unicodekit.com/char/0056)
- b [U+0062 LATIN SMALL LETTER B](https://unicodekit.com/char/0062)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/005C · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/005C