U+205A "⁚" Two Dot Punctuation Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
Source: Browser Default
U+205A "⁚" Two Dot Punctuation is a typographic mark consisting of two vertically stacked dots, primarily used in medieval and early modern manuscripts as a form of punctuation, often indicating a pause or serving as a colon or other sentence break, though it is also employed in some modern contexts for stylistic purposes, such as in academic transcriptions, dictionary entries, or linguistic notation, where it functions similarly to a colon but with a distinct, historical appearance.
General Properties
Code Point
U+205A
Name
Two Dot Punctuation
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
⁚
HTML Hex Encoding
⁚
UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x81 0x9A
UTF-16 Encoding
0x205A
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000205A
C/C++/Java Escape
\u205a
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Carian Georgian Glagolitic Old Hungarian Lycian Old Turkic