¶
Pilcrow Sign
- Unicode
- U+00B6
- Category
- Punctuation
- HTML Entity
- ¶
- CSS
- \00B6
The pilcrow sign (¶) is a classic typographical mark originally used in the Middle Ages to denote a new paragraph before line indentation became the standard. Today, you will mostly see it in word processors as a non-printing toggle character used to reveal hidden formatting like paragraph breaks and spaces. It also frequently appears in legal documents and academic texts as a shorthand symbol for citing specific paragraphs.
How to Type
- Windows
- Alt+0182
- macOS
- Option+7
- Linux
- Compose + P + P
- HTML
- ¶
In Programming
While rarely used in raw source code syntax, the pilcrow frequently represents a carriage return or paragraph break in the UI of text editors. It occasionally appears in string literals when generating legal documents or formatting specialized text outputs.
Tags
editing
formatting
hidden formatting
legal citation symbol
medieval punctuation
non-printing character
paragraph break
paragraph mark
paragraph symbol
punctuation
show formatting
text
word processor symbol