U+2E4D "⹍" Paragraphus Mark Unicode Character

U+2E4D "⹍" Paragraphus Mark is a historical punctuation symbol used in medieval and early modern manuscripts to indicate a paragraph break or the beginning of a new section of text, similar in function to the modern pilcrow (¶). It belongs to the Supplemental Punctuation block and was encoded to support the accurate digital representation of ancient and scholarly texts where scribes employed this distinctive mark to visually organize written content. The character's design usually resembles a vertical line with a small hook or flourish at the top, distinguishing it from other paragraph markers and underscoring its specialized role in paleography and textual criticism.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2E4D
Version Added	11.0
Name	Paragraphus 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 0x8D
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2E4D
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002E4D
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2e4d

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