U+2E39 "⸹" Top Half Section Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⸹
U+2E39 "⸹" Top Half Section Sign is a punctuation mark used in historical and editorial contexts, specifically within critical editions of ancient and medieval texts. It functioned as a scribal abbreviation or notation to indicate a section break or the beginning of a new textual division, placed in the upper portion of the line rather than at its full height. This character belongs to the Supplemental Punctuation block and is distinct from the more common section sign (§) by its partial vertical presence, which helps annotators denote textual structure without interrupting the flow of the main text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2E39 |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Top Half Section Sign |
| 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 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2E39 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002E39 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2e39 |
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 |