U+FE54 "﹔" Small Semicolon Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+FE54 "﹔" Small Semicolon is a compatibility variant of the standard semicolon, primarily designed for use in East Asian typography, particularly within Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text. It belongs to the Small Form Variants block and is typically rendered at a reduced size compared to its full-width counterpart, allowing it to integrate more seamlessly with surrounding small-form punctuation in vertical or compact writing layouts. Despite its specialized appearance, its function remains identical to a regular semicolon, serving to connect closely related independent clauses or separate items in a list where a stronger break than a comma is required.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FE54 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Small Semicolon |
| Block | Small Form Variants |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Small |
| Decomposition Mapping | ";" U+003B Semicolon |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ﹔ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ﹔ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xB9 0x94 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFE54 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FE54 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ufe54 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Nonstarter |
| East Asian Width | Wide |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | ";" U+003B Semicolon |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | ";" U+003B Semicolon |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Terminal Punctuation | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Mid Num |
| Sentence Break | SContinue |