U+2043 "⁃" Hyphen Bullet Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⁃
U+2043 "⁃" Hyphen Bullet is a typographic symbol that combines the visual function of a hyphen with the structural role of a bullet point, typically used to mark items in a list without the heavier visual weight of a standard bullet such as a filled circle or square. It is part of the General Punctuation block, first encoded in Unicode 1.1, and appears as a short horizontal line that is slightly thicker and shorter than a regular hyphen, making it suitable for use in digital and print contexts where a minimalist or inline list marker is desired.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2043 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Hyphen Bullet |
| Block | General Punctuation |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⁃ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⁃ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x81 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2043 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002043 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2043 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |