U+2E44 "⹄" Double Suspension Mark Unicode Character

U+2E44 "⹄" Double Suspension Mark is a punctuation symbol used primarily in medieval and early modern European manuscripts to indicate a longer pause or a more significant break in text than a single suspension mark, though its exact function varied by scribe. It is part of the Supplemental Punctuation block and is visually represented as two stacked dots or small circles, often placed alongside or above a word to signal an intentional omission, a placeholder for a missing character, or a rhetorical suspension. This mark is distinct from the modern ellipsis and is of interest to paleographers and textual scholars for interpreting annotated or abbreviated historical writings.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2E44
Version Added	9.0
Name	Double Suspension Mark
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 0x84
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2E44
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002E44
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2e44

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