U+2E00 "⸀" Right Angle Substitution Marker Unicode Character

U+2E00 "⸀" Right Angle Substitution Marker is a punctuation mark used primarily in specialized textual criticism and philological contexts, most notably in the annotation of certain ancient manuscripts. It functions as an editorial symbol to indicate that a correction or substitution has been made in the text, typically marking where one reading replaces another, often in the right margin of a document. The character belongs to the Supplemental Punctuation block and is distinct from more common substitution markers, serving a niche but essential role for scholars who need to record textual variants with precision.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2E00
Version Added	4.1
Name	Right Angle Substitution Marker
Block	Supplemental 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 0xB8 0x80
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2E00
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002E00
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2e00

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	Quotation
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	Close