U+2E13 "⸓" Dotted Obelos Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⸓
U+2E13 "⸓" Dotted Obelos is a historical punctuation mark used primarily in ancient and medieval manuscripts, specifically within the field of textual criticism to indicate a passage that is considered spurious, doubtful, or incorrectly transmitted. Its design features a central dot or small circle flanked by two longer vertical or slightly curved strokes, resembling an obelisk with a dotted center, and it belongs to the Supplemental Punctuation block. This symbol was part of a system of critical marks developed by scholars like the Alexandrian grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace to annotate variations in texts, particularly in editions of Homer's works.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2E13 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Dotted Obelos |
| 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 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2E13 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002E13 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2e13 |
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 |