U+2E3B "⸻" Three-Em Dash Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⸻
U+2E3B "⸻" Three-Em Dash is a typographic symbol representing a dash that is three times the width of the em dash, used primarily in specialized writing contexts such as bibliographic references, dramatic scripts, or interrupted dialogue to indicate a longer pause, an abrupt break in thought, or to signify missing text or a sustained silence, often appearing in technical documentation or literary works where a single or double em dash would be insufficient for the intended rhetorical effect.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2E3B |
| Version Added | 6.1 |
| Name | Three-Em Dash |
| Block | Supplemental Punctuation |
| General Category | Dash Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⸻ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⸻ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xB8 0xBB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2E3B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002E3B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2e3b |