# ‖ U+2016 DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE

Two parallel vertical bars, used in pairs in math to denote the norm of a vector or matrix; also a parallel lines symbol.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `‖` |
| Codepoint | U+2016 |
| Name | DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE |
| Block | [General Punctuation](https://unicodekit.com/block/general-punctuation) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `‖` `‖` |
| CSS | `\2016` |
| JavaScript | `\u2016` |
| UTF-8 | E2 80 96 |
| UTF-16 | 2016 |

## Notes

- used in pairs to indicate norm of a matrix

## Related characters

- ― [U+2015 HORIZONTAL BAR](https://unicodekit.com/char/2015)
- ‗ [U+2017 DOUBLE LOW LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2017)
- — [U+2014 EM DASH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2014)
- ‘ [U+2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/2018)
- – [U+2013 EN DASH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2013)
- ’ [U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/2019)
- ‒ [U+2012 FIGURE DASH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2012)
- ‚ [U+201A SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201A)
- ‑ [U+2011 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN](https://unicodekit.com/char/2011)
- ‛ [U+201B SINGLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201B)
- ‐ [U+2010 HYPHEN](https://unicodekit.com/char/2010)
- “ [U+201C LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201C)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/2016 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/2016