U+2E49 "⹉" Double Stacked Comma Unicode Character

U+2E49 "⹉" Double Stacked Comma is a punctuation mark from the Supplemental Punctuation block, designed to represent a double comma where two comma shapes are stacked vertically one above the other. It is typographically distinct from the standard comma and is used in specialized textual contexts, particularly in certain historical or scholarly editions of ancient and medieval manuscripts, including texts written in Greek or Latin, to indicate a specific pause or as a visual marker in critical apparatus or comments. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that editors and researchers can accurately encode and reproduce these rare punctuation forms in digital documents without relying on visual approximations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2E49
Version Added	10.0
Name	Double Stacked Comma
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 0x89
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2E49
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002E49
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2e49

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