U+1364 "፤" Ethiopic Semicolon Unicode Character

U+1364 "፤" Ethiopic Semicolon is a punctuation mark used in the Geʽez script and other Ethiopic writing systems, primarily for languages such as Amharic, Tigrinya, and Geʽez itself. It visually resembles a single vertical dot similar to a Latin colon but functions like a semicolon in English, indicating a pause or separation between clauses that is stronger than a comma but weaker than a period. This character is part of the Ethiopic block in Unicode, serving a distinct grammatical role within the script’s traditional punctuation set.