U+2E34 "⸴" Raised Comma Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⸴
U+2E34 "⸴" Raised Comma is a punctuation mark encoded in the Supplemental Punctuation block, designed as a comma positioned above the baseline rather than on it. It is historically used in certain medieval and early modern texts, particularly in Greek and Latin manuscripts, to indicate a short pause or to separate items in a list, functioning similarly to a modern comma but with a distinct vertical placement that helps maintain clarity in densely written scripts. Its inclusion in Unicode preserves this typographic feature for scholarly digital transcription and historical text analysis.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2E34 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Raised Comma |
| 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 0xB4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2E34 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002E34 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2e34 |
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 |