¶PunctuationPunctuationBasic LatinReviewed 2026-08-11

REVERSE SOLIDUS

REVERSE SOLIDUS is a character in the Basic Latin Unicode block.

U+005C · 15.1.0 · Common script

About this character

REVERSE SOLIDUS (U+005C) belongs to the Basic Latin block with Unicode general category Po. Copy it as UTF-8, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, or Python from its character page.

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FormatValueAction
UTF-85C
UTF-16005C
HTML\ / \
CSS\00005C
JavaScript\u005c
Python\u005c
URL%5C

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