U+30FB "・" Katakana Middle Dot Unicode Character

U+30FB "・" Katakana Middle Dot is a small, centered punctuation mark used primarily in Japanese writing, particularly within katakana text. It serves to separate items in a list, separate foreign names or words, or act as a divider in compound terms, similar to a bullet point or a period in Western contexts, but without implying a full stop. This character is also employed in various other East Asian languages and can denote syllable breaks or indicate proper nouns in specialized texts.

General Properties

Code Point	U+30FB
Version Added	1.1
Name	Katakana Middle Dot
Block	Katakana
General Category	Other Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	・
HTML Hex Encoding	・
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE3 0x83 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding	0x30FB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000030FB
C/C++/Java Escape	\u30fb

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	Nonstarter
East Asian Width	Wide
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Bopomofo Hangul Han Hiragana Katakana Yi
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
ID Continue	Yes
Other ID Continue	Yes
XID Continue	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Upright
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other