U+2E35 "⸵" Turned Semicolon Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2E35 "⸵" Turned Semicolon is a punctuation mark found in the Supplemental Punctuation block, designed as a mirrored or rotated version of the standard semicolon. Its primary purpose is to serve as an archaic or stylistic punctuation variant in certain historical texts or fonts, sometimes used in linguistic or editorial contexts to denote a pause or separation with a distinct visual emphasis. While rarely encountered in modern writing, it remains encoded in Unicode for the sake of preserving historical typography and supporting specialized academic or typesetting applications.

General Properties

Code Point U+2E35
Version Added 6.1
Name Turned Semicolon
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 0xB5
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2E35
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002E35
C/C++/Java Escape \u2e35

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 Alphabetic
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