U+2E5D "⹝" Oblique Hyphen Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⹝
U+2E5D "⹝" Oblique Hyphen is a punctuation mark that resembles a forward slash or a tilted dash, designed to serve as a connecting symbol in text where a conventional horizontal hyphen might be ambiguous or visually inappropriate. It was added to the Unicode Standard in version 11.0, within the Supplemental Punctuation block, and is primarily intended for use in specialized linguistic or historical contexts, such as in the transcription of certain ancient or medieval scripts where oblique strokes are used to indicate word boundaries or abbreviations. Unlike the common hyphen or dash, this character provides a distinct, slanting visual cue that can help differentiate its function in specific scholarly or typesetting applications.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2E5D |
| Version Added | 14.0 |
| Name | Oblique Hyphen |
| 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 0xB9 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2E5D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002E5D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2e5d |
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 | Unambiguous Hyphen |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Dash | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |