U+2E2D "⸭" Five Dot Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⸭
U+2E2D "⸭" Five Dot Mark is a typographic symbol primarily used in historical and liturgical texts, often found in medieval manuscripts and early printed works. It functions as a punctuation mark or a textual division indicator, resembling a small cross or asterisk formed by five dots arranged in a cruciform pattern. This character was included in the Unicode Standard under the Supplemental Punctuation block to support the accurate digital representation of specialized scholarly and religious documents where such marks appear.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2E2D |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Five Dot Mark |
| 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 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2E2D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002E2D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2e2d |
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 |