U+003B ";" Semicolon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+003B ";" Semicolon is a punctuation mark that serves primarily as a grammatical separator in writing. In English and many other languages, it is used to link closely related independent clauses within a single sentence, offering a stronger break than a comma but a weaker one than a period. Additionally, the semicolon functions as a list separator in complex series where individual items already contain commas, and in various programming and data languages it acts as a statement terminator or delimiter. Its standardized code point ensures consistent representation across digital systems, from text documents to source code.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+003B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Semicolon |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ; |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ; |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x3B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x003B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000003B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u003b |