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Also known as §, section symbol, section mark, double-s, silcrow, paragraph mark

character; ligature of two S’s

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In unicode
U+00A7 § SECTION SIGN ( & sect; )
See also
U+00B6 ¶ PILCROW SIGN

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Commons category
Section signs
Unicode character
§
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Alt + 0167
Unicode code point
00A7
Unicode character name
SECTION SIGN
HTML entity
§
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The section sign (§) is a typographical symbol for referencing individually numbered sections of a document; it is frequently used when citing sections of a legal code. It is also known as the section symbol, section mark, double-s, or silcrow.

The section sign typically appears akin to a letter S stacked on top of another S.

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