U+205E "" Vertical Four Dots Unicode Character

Unicode Version 18.0

Source: Noto Sans Source: Browser Default

U+205E "" Vertical Four Dots is a typographic symbol consisting of four small dots stacked in a vertical line, primarily used as a punctuation mark in ancient and medieval manuscripts to indicate a pause, break, or transition between sections of text. In modern contexts, it occasionally appears in specialized fields such as linguistics or computer science, where it can serve as a delimiter in data notation or as a visual separator in code and diagrams, though it remains a rare and niche character outside of historical or technical documentation.

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding
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HTML Hex Encoding
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UTF-8 Encoding
0xE2 0x81 0x9E
UTF-16 Encoding
0x205E
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0000205E
C/C++/Java Escape
\u205e