U+2017 DOUBLE LOW LINE

The Unicode character U+2017, officially named DOUBLE LOW LINE, was introduced in Unicode version 1.1. It is part of the Punctuation block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual plane. Previously, it was also referred to as SPACING DOUBLE UNDERSCORE.

Categorized technically as a Other Punctuation, this character typically falls under the Common script. In terms of text layout and rendering, the glyph is a compatibility composition and has no designated width in East Asian typography. When placed in bidirectional text, it behaves as an Other Neutral character. Its visual representation remains not mirrored regardless of the reading direction.