U+2024 "․" One Dot Leader Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+2024 "․" One Dot Leader is a typographic symbol that consists of a single centered dot, distinct from both the period or full stop used for sentence endings and the decimal point used in numbers. It is primarily employed in written text to indicate a pause or break in thought, similar to an ellipsis but with only one dot, and is sometimes used in tables of contents or lists as a leader to align columns of text. This character belongs to the General Punctuation block of Unicode and is classified as a punctuation mark, specifically a connector punctuation, offering a subtle visual cue for separation or continuation without the full stop's finality.
General Properties
Code Point
U+2024
Name
One Dot Leader
Decomposition Mapping
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
․
HTML Hex Encoding
․
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x80 0xA4
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2024
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002024
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2024
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
NFKC Casefold
NFKC Simple Casefold
Script Extensions
Common