# § U+00A7 SECTION SIGN

Section symbol, two stacked S shapes, used to reference numbered sections or paragraphs in legal documents and laws.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `§` |
| Codepoint | U+00A7 |
| Name | SECTION SIGN |
| Block | [Latin-1 Supplement](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-1-supplement) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `§` `§` |
| CSS | `\A7` |
| JavaScript | `\u00A7` |
| UTF-8 | C2 A7 |
| UTF-16 | 00A7 |

## Notes

- used in referencing numbered sections or paragraphs

## Related characters

- ¦ [U+00A6 BROKEN BAR](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A6)
- ¨ [U+00A8 DIAERESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A8)
- ¥ [U+00A5 YEN SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A5)
- © [U+00A9 COPYRIGHT SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A9)
- ¤ [U+00A4 CURRENCY SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A4)
- ª [U+00AA FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR](https://unicodekit.com/char/00AA)
- £ [U+00A3 POUND SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A3)
- « [U+00AB LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/00AB)
- ¢ [U+00A2 CENT SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A2)
- ¬ [U+00AC NOT SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00AC)
- ¡ [U+00A1 INVERTED EXCLAMATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/00A1)
- [U+00AD SOFT HYPHEN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00AD)

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