See also: | |, ǁ [U+01C1 LATIN LETTER LATERAL CLICK], [U+2016 DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE], ‖ ‖, and [U+2225 PARALLEL TO]
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U+23F8, ⏸
DOUBLE VERTICAL BAR

[U+23F7]
Miscellaneous Technical
[U+23F9]

Translingual

Description

Two parallel vertical bars.

Symbol

  1. The pause button, which pauses video, audio, a slide presentation etc.; also hold on a phone.

See also

  • See for other uses of a pair of vertical lines, also called a caesura.