U+2E43 "⹃" Dash with Left Upturn Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⹃
U+2E43 "⹃" Dash with Left Upturn is a punctuation mark belonging to the Supplemental Punctuation block, formally named the DASH WITH LEFT UPTURN. It is designed to function as a typographic dash that curves upward at its left end, distinguishing it from standard dashes like the hyphen or em dash. This character is typically used in specialized text layouts or historical typography where a unique visual cue is needed to indicate a pause or break with a stylistic flair. While its practical applications are rare in modern digital communication, it remains available for advanced typesetting systems that require precise graphic variations of dash characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2E43 |
| Version Added | 9.0 |
| Name | Dash with Left Upturn |
| 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 0xB9 0x83 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2E43 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002E43 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2e43 |
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 | Cyrillic Glagolitic |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |