U+2056 "" Three Dot Punctuation Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Source: Browser Default

U+2056 "" Three Dot Punctuation is a typographic mark that consists of three vertically aligned dots, distinct from the more common horizontal ellipsis. It is classified under the General Punctuation block and is used in certain historical and scholarly texts, particularly in medieval manuscripts or archaic alphabets, to indicate a pause, a break in thought, or a form of punctuation analogous to a modern colon or semicolon. This character is rarely employed in contemporary writing but remains available in the Unicode standard for precise representation of older or specialized notation systems.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x81 0x96
UTF-16 Encoding
0x2056
UTF-32 Encoding
0x00002056
C/C++/Java Escape
\u2056