U+2047 "⁇" Double Question Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2047 "⁇" Double Question Mark is a typographic ligature that combines two standard question marks into a single glyph, primarily used to convey a stronger sense of confusion, disbelief, or emphasis than a single question mark would achieve. It is categorized under the General Punctuation block and is often employed in informal writing, such as comics, chat messages, or certain European typefaces, to represent a highly uncertain or rhetorical question. The character is distinct from merely typing two question marks in a row because it appears as one unified symbol without spacing, designed for stylistic consistency in fonts that support it.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2047 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Double Question Mark |
| Block | General Punctuation |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Compat |
| Decomposition Mapping | "?" U+003F Question Mark "?" U+003F Question Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⁇ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⁇ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x81 0x87 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2047 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002047 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2047 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Nonstarter |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "?" U+003F Question Mark "?" U+003F Question Mark |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "?" U+003F Question Mark "?" U+003F Question Mark |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Sentence Terminal | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | STerm |