U+FE15 "︕" Presentation Form for Vertical Exclamation Mark Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FE15 "︕" Presentation Form for Vertical Exclamation Mark is a compatibility variant of the standard exclamation mark, specifically designed for use in East Asian vertical text layouts where characters are stacked from top to bottom. This glyph allows the exclamation point to maintain its upright orientation and proper visual alignment within a vertical writing mode, preventing it from appearing rotated or misplaced. Unlike the standard exclamation mark, this presentation form is typically used in conjunction with other vertical presentation forms to ensure a consistent and readable flow of punctuation in scripts such as Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FE15 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Presentation Form for Vertical Exclamation Mark |
| Block | Vertical Forms |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Vertical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "!" U+0021 Exclamation Mark |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ︕ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ︕ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB8 0x95 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFE15 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FE15 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufe15 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Exclamation/Interrogation |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "!" U+0021 Exclamation Mark |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "!" U+0021 Exclamation Mark |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Sentence Terminal | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | STerm |