U+204F "⁏" Reversed Semicolon Unicode Character

U+204F "⁏" Reversed Semicolon is a typographic punctuation mark included in the General Punctuation block, and as its name suggests, its glyph is a mirror image of the standard semicolon, with the dot placed above the comma instead of below. It is primarily used in ancient Greek and Coptic texts as a high stop, serving as a punctuation mark to indicate a break or division that is stronger than a comma but less final than a period. In modern contexts, it has also been employed as a stylistic or decorative alternative to the regular semicolon in certain typefaces or for specific design purposes, though it remains relatively obscure in mainstream writing.

General Properties

Code Point	U+204F
Version Added	3.2
Name	Reversed Semicolon
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 0x8F
UTF-16 Encoding	0x204F
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000204F
C/C++/Java Escape	\u204f

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	Adlam Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Pattern Syntax	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other