U+2E05 "⸅" Right Dotted Substitution Bracket Unicode Character

U+2E05 "⸅" Right Dotted Substitution Bracket is a typographic symbol belonging to the Supplemental Punctuation block, primarily used in critical editions of ancient or medieval texts to denote a word or passage inserted by a scribe or editor that replaces an original reading. It functions as the closing counterpart to the left dotted substitution bracket (U+2E04), together enclosing the substituted text within manuscripts or scholarly transcriptions. The bracket's dotted style visually distinguishes it from regular brackets, alerting the reader to its specific editorial role rather than indicating a simple parenthetical or interpolated addition. Its inclusion in Unicode supports precise academic notation for textual criticism and philological work.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2E05
Version Added	4.1
Name	Right Dotted Substitution Bracket
Block	Supplemental Punctuation
General Category	Final Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral
Mirrored	Yes
Mirrored Character	"⸄" U+2E04 Left Dotted Substitution Bracket

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	⸅
HTML Hex Encoding	⸅
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0xB8 0x85
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2E05
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002E05
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2e05

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