U+2E0E "⸎" Editorial Coronis Unicode Character

U+2E0E "⸎" Editorial Coronis is a typographic symbol used primarily in ancient and medieval textual scholarship, specifically within Greek and Latin manuscripts, to mark a significant break, correction, or editorial notice in the margin, often indicating a passage that has been altered or added by a later scribe or editor. Its name derives from the Greek korōnis, meaning a curved or hooked mark, and it was commonly employed alongside critical symbols like the asterisk or obelus in the apparatus of textual criticism. In modern digital text, this character serves as a specialized punctuation for scholarly editions, preserving the visual and functional legacy of manuscript annotation practices.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2E0E
Version Added	4.1
Name	Editorial Coronis
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 0x8E
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2E0E
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002E0E
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2e0e

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	Break After
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