General Punctuation
Range: 2000–206F
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0

 ‐
2000

1

2041

2051

2061

2042

2052

2062‴

⁄ ⁔

2024

2034

2044

2054

― ‥ ‵⁅

⁕

2035

2045

2055

 ‖ … ‶

⁆

⁖ 

2026

2036

2046

2056

 ‗

‧

‷ n t 

2017

2027

2037

2013

2014

2015

2016

2025

2047

2053

2057

2063

2064

2066

2067

 ‘  ‸ ⁈ ⁘ 
2018

2028

2038

 ’  ‹
2019

2029

2039

2048

2058

2068

⁉ ⁙ 
2049

2059

2069

 ‚  ›

⁊

⁚ 

203A

204A

205A

201A

202A

206A

 ‛  ※ ⁋ ⁛ 
201B

202B

203B

 “  ‼
201C

202C

203C

204B

205B

206B

⁌ ⁜ 
204C

205C

206C

 ”  ‽⁍

⁝ 

203D

204D

205D

201D

202D

 „  ‾ o
201E

202E

203E

204E

206D

⁞ 
205E

206E

 ‟  ‿ p 
200F

216

2031

 — ․

200E

F

2021

⁃ ⁓ 

200D

E

2011

2043

200C

D

2060

″

200B

C

2050

2033

200A

B

2040

2023

2009

A

2030

 – ‣

2008

92020

′ ⁂ s 20078

† ‰ ⁀ q 2032

2006

7206

•

2005

6205

2022

2004

5204

2012

2003

4203

 ‒
2002

32010

202

 ‡ ‱ ⁁ r 
2001

2201

206F

201F

202F

203F

204F

205F

206F

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For additional general punctuation characters see also Basic
Latin, Latin-1, Supplemental Punctuation and CJK Symbols
and Punctuation.
Spaces2000  EN QUAD
≡ 2002  en space2001  EM QUAD
= mutton quad
≡ 2003  em space
2002  EN SPACE= nut• half an em≈ 0020  space
2003  EM SPACE= mutton• nominally, a space equal to the type size inpoints• may scale by the condensation factor of a font
≈ 0020  space
2004  THREE-PER-EM SPACE= thick space≈ 0020  space2005  FOUR-PER-EM SPACE= mid space≈ 0020  space
2006  SIX-PER-EM SPACE• in computer typography sometimes equatedto thin space≈ 0020  space
2007  FIGURE SPACE• space equal to tabular width of a font
• this is equivalent to the digit width of fontswith fixed-width digits≈ <noBreak> 0020 
2008  PUNCTUATION SPACE• space equal to narrow punctuation of a font
≈ 0020  space
2009  THIN SPACE• a fifth of an em (or sometimes a sixth)→ 202F  narrow no-break space≈ 0020  space
200A  HAIR SPACE• thinner than a thin space• in traditional typography, the thinnest space
available≈ 0020  space

201BDashes
2010 ‐HYPHEN→ 002D - hyphen-minus→ 00AD  soft hyphen
2011  NON-BREAKING HYPHEN≈ <noBreak> 2010 ‐2012 ‒ FIGURE DASH
2013 – EN DASH
2014 — EM DASH
• may be used in pairs to offset parenthetical text
→ 2E3A ⸺ two-em dash
→ 30FC ー katakana-hiragana prolonged soundmark
2015 ― HORIZONTAL BAR= quotation dash
• long dash introducing quoted text
General punctuation
2016 ‖ DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE• used in pairs to indicate norm of a matrix→ 20E6  combining double vertical strokeoverlay→ 2225 ∥ parallel to→ 23F8  double vertical bar
2017 ‗ DOUBLE LOW LINE• this is a spacing character→ 005F _ low line
→ 0333 $̳ combining double low line
≈ 0020  0333 $̳

Quotation marks and apostrophe
Use of quotation marks differs by language. The characternames cannot reflect actual usage for all languages.
2018 ‘ LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK= single turned comma quotation mark• this is the preferred character (as opposed to201B ‛ )→ 0027 ' apostrophe→ 02BB ʻ modifier letter turned comma→ 275B ❛ heavy single turned comma quotation
mark ornament⁓ 2018 FE00 ‘ non-fullwidth form
⁓ 2018 FE01 ‘ right-justified fullwidth form
2019 ’ RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK= single comma quotation mark• this is the preferred character to use forapostrophe→ 0027 ' apostrophe
Format characters→ 02BC ʼ modifier letter apostrophe
200B  ZERO WIDTH SPACE→ 275C ❜ heavy single comma quotation mark• commonly abbreviated ZWSP
ornament• this character is intended for invisible word
⁓ 2019 FE00 ’ non-fullwidth formseparation and for line break control; it has no⁓ 2019 FE01 ’ left-justified fullwidth formwidth, but its presence between two characters
201A ‚ SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK
does not prevent increased letter spacing in= low single comma quotation markjustification• used as opening single quotation mark in some
200C  ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER
languages• commonly abbreviated ZWNJ
201B ‛ SINGLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK
200D  ZERO WIDTH JOINER= single reversed comma quotation mark• commonly abbreviated ZWJ• has same semantic as 2018 ‘ , but differs in
200E  LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARKappearance• commonly abbreviated LRM→ 02BD ʽ modifier letter reversed comma
200F  RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK
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General Punctuation“201D”

201E

„

201F

‟

LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
= double turned comma quotation mark• this is the preferred character (as opposed to201F ‟ )→ 0022 " quotation mark→ 275D ❝ heavy double turned commaquotation mark ornament→ 301D 〝 reversed double prime quotationmark⁓ 201C FE00 “ non-fullwidth form
⁓ 201C FE01 “ right-justified fullwidth form
RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK= double comma quotation mark→ 0022 " quotation mark→ 2033 ″ double prime→ 275E ❞ heavy double comma quotation markornament→ 301E 〞 double prime quotation mark⁓ 201D FE00 ” non-fullwidth form
⁓ 201D FE01 ” left-justified fullwidth form
DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK
= low double comma quotation mark• used as opening double quotation mark insome languages→ 2E42 ⹂ double low-reversed-9 quotation
mark→ 301F 〟 low double prime quotation mark
DOUBLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK
= double reversed comma quotation mark• has same semantic as 201C “ , but differs inappearance

General punctuation
2020 † DAGGER= obelisk, long cross, oblong cross→ 2E38 ⸸ turned dagger
2021 ‡ DOUBLE DAGGER= diesis, double obelisk→ 2E4B ⹋ triple dagger
2022 • BULLET= black small circle→ 00B7 · middle dot→ 2024 ․ one dot leader→ 2219 ∙ bullet operator→ 25D8 ◘ inverse bullet→ 25E6 ◦ white bullet
2023 ‣ TRIANGULAR BULLET→ 220E ∎ end of proof→ 25B8 ▸ black right-pointing small triangle
2024 ․ ONE DOT LEADER• also used as an Armenian semicolon (mijaket)→ 00B7 · middle dot→ 2022 • bullet→ 2219 ∙ bullet operator≈ 002E . full stop
2025 ‥ TWO DOT LEADER≈ 002E . 002E .
2026 … HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS= three dot leader→ 22EE ⋮ vertical ellipsis→ FE19 ︙ presentation form for verticalhorizontal ellipsis≈ 002E . 002E . 002E .

2182027‧2035

HYPHENATION POINT• visible symbol used to indicate correct
positions for word breaking, as in dic·tion·ar·ies

Separators
2028  LINE SEPARATOR• may be used to represent this semantic
unambiguously
2029  PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR• may be used to represent this semantic
unambiguously
Format characters
202A  LEFT-TO-RIGHT EMBEDDING• commonly abbreviated LRE
202B  RIGHT-TO-LEFT EMBEDDING• commonly abbreviated RLE
202C  POP DIRECTIONAL FORMATTING• commonly abbreviated PDF
202D  LEFT-TO-RIGHT OVERRIDE• commonly abbreviated LRO
202E  RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE• commonly abbreviated RLOSpace202F  NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE• commonly abbreviated NNBSP• a narrow form of a no-break space, typically thewidth of a thin space or a mid space→ 00A0  no-break space→ 2005  four-per-em space→ 2009  thin space≈ <noBreak> 0020 General punctuation
2030 ‰ PER MILLE SIGN
= permille, per thousand• used, for example, in measures of blood alcohol
content, salinity, etc.
→ 0025 % percent sign
→ 0609 ؉ arabic-indic per mille sign
2031 ‱ PER TEN THOUSAND SIGN= permyriad• percent of a percent, rarely used
→ 0025 % percent sign
→ 060A ؊ arabic-indic per ten thousand sign2032 ′ PRIME= minutes, feet
→ 0027 ' apostrophe→ 00B4 ´ acute accent→ 02B9 ʹ modifier letter prime
2033 ″ DOUBLE PRIME= seconds, inches→ 0022 " quotation mark→ 02BA ʺ modifier letter double prime→ 201D ” right double quotation mark→ 3003 〃 ditto mark→ 301E 〞 double prime quotation mark≈ 2032 ′ 2032 ′2034 ‴ TRIPLE PRIME= lines (old measure, 1/12 of an inch)≈ 2032 ′ 2032 ′ 2032 ′2035 ‵ REVERSED PRIME→ 0060 ` grave accent

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2036

‶2037

‷2038

‸REVERSED DOUBLE PRIME→ 301D 〝 reversed double prime quotation
mark≈ 2035 ‵ 2035 ‵REVERSED TRIPLE PRIME≈ 2035 ‵ 2035 ‵ 2035 ‵CARET→ 2303 ⌃ up arrowhead→ A788 ꞈ modifier letter low circumflex accent

Quotation marks
2039 ‹ SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATIONMARK= left pointing single guillemet• usually opening, sometimes closing→ 003C < less-than sign→ 2329 〈 left-pointing angle bracket→ 3008 〈 left angle bracket
203A › SINGLE RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATIONMARK= right pointing single guillemet• usually closing, sometimes opening→ 003E > greater-than sign
→ 232A 〉 right-pointing angle bracket→ 3009 〉 right angle bracket
General punctuation
203B ※ REFERENCE MARK
= Japanese kome
= Urdu paragraph separator→ 0FBF ē tibetan ku ru kha bzhi mig can→ 200AD ď
Double punctuation for vertical text
203C ‼ DOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARK→ 0021 ! exclamation mark≈ 0021 ! 0021 !
General punctuation
203D ‽ INTERROBANG→ 0021 ! exclamation mark→ 003F ? question mark→ 2E18 ⸘ inverted interrobang→ 1F679 heavy interrobang ornament
203E ‾ OVERLINE= spacing overscore≈ 0020  0305 $̅
203F ‿ UNDERTIE= Greek enotikon→ 2323 ⌣ smile
2040 ⁀ CHARACTER TIE= z notation sequence concatenation→ 2322 ⌢ frown
2041 ⁁ CARET INSERTION POINT• proofreader’s mark: insert here
→ 22CC ⋌ right semidirect product2042 ⁂ ASTERISM
2043 ⁃ HYPHEN BULLET→ 002D - hyphen-minus
2044 ⁄ FRACTION SLASH= solidus (in typography)• for composing arbitrary fractions→ 002F / solidus→ 2215 ∕ division slash

2056Brackets
2045 ⁅ LEFT SQUARE BRACKET WITH QUILL→ 2E20 ⸠ left vertical bar with quill→ 2E55 ⹕ left square bracket with stroke
2046 ⁆ RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET WITH QUILL
Double punctuation for vertical text
2047 n DOUBLE QUESTION MARK
≈ 003F ? 003F ?
2048 ⁈ QUESTION EXCLAMATION MARK
≈ 003F ? 0021 !
2049 ⁉ EXCLAMATION QUESTION MARK
≈ 0021 ! 003F ?
General punctuation
204A ⁊ TIRONIAN SIGN ET• Irish Gaelic, Old English, ...
→ 0026 & ampersand→ 2E52 ⹒ tironian sign capital etscript ligature et ornament→ 1F670
204B ⁋ REVERSED PILCROW SIGN
→ 00B6 ¶ pilcrow sign
→ 2E4D ⹍ paragraphus mark204C ⁌ BLACK LEFTWARDS BULLET
204D ⁍ BLACK RIGHTWARDS BULLET
204E o LOW ASTERISK→ 002A * asterisk→ 0359 $ combining asterisk below
204F p REVERSED SEMICOLON• used occasionally in Sindhi when Sindhi iswritten in the Arabic script→ 003B ; semicolon→ 061B ‫ ؛‬arabic semicolon
2050 q CLOSE UP• editing mark→ AB5B ꭛ modifier breve with inverted breve
2051 r TWO ASTERISKS ALIGNED VERTICALLY
2052 s COMMERCIAL MINUS SIGN
= abzüglich (German), med avdrag av (Swedish),piska (Swedish, "whip")• a common glyph variant and fallback
representation looks like ./.
• may also be used as a dingbat to indicate
correctness• used in Finno-Ugric Phonetic Alphabet toindicate a related borrowed form with different
sound→ 0025 % percent sign
→ 066A ٪ arabic percent sign
→ 00F7 ÷ division sign
2053 ⁓ SWUNG DASH
→ 007E ~ tilde
2054 ⁔ INVERTED UNDERTIE
2055 ⁕ FLOWER PUNCTUATION MARK= phul, puspika• used as a punctuation mark with Syloti Nagri,
Bengali and other Indic scripts→ 274B ❋ heavy eight teardrop-spoked
propeller asterisk
Archaic punctuation
2056 ⁖ THREE DOT PUNCTUATION→ 10FB ჻ georgian paragraph separator

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2057 t QUADRUPLE PRIME≈ 2032 ′ 2032 ′ 2032 ′ 2032 ′Archaic punctuation
See also historic punctuation with multiple dots in the range
2E2A-2E2D.
2058 ⁘ FOUR DOT PUNCTUATION
2059 ⁙ FIVE DOT PUNCTUATION= Greek pentonkion= quincunx→ 2684 ĺ die face-5
205A ⁚ TWO DOT PUNCTUATION• historically used to indicate the end of asentence or change of speaker• extends from baseline to cap height→ FE30 ︰ presentation form for vertical two
dot leader→ 1015B 𐅛 greek acrophonic epidaurean two
205B ⁛ FOUR DOT MARK
• used by scribes in the margin as highlightermark• this is centered on the line, but extends beyond
top and bottom of the line
205C ⁜ DOTTED CROSS• used by scribes in the margin as highlighter
mark
205D ⁝ TRICOLON= Epidaurean acrophonic symbol three→ 22EE ⋮ vertical ellipsis→ 2AF6 ⫶ triple colon operator→ FE19 ︙ presentation form for verticalhorizontal ellipsis
205E ⁞ VERTICAL FOUR DOTS
• used in dictionaries to indicate legal but
undesirable word break• glyph extends the whole height of the line
→ 2E3D ⸽ vertical six dots

206F

2064  INVISIBLE PLUS
• contiguity operator indicating addition
Format characters
2066  LEFT-TO-RIGHT ISOLATE• commonly abbreviated LRI
2067  RIGHT-TO-LEFT ISOLATE• commonly abbreviated RLI
2068  FIRST STRONG ISOLATE• commonly abbreviated FSI
2069  POP DIRECTIONAL ISOLATE• commonly abbreviated PDIDeprecated
Use of these characters is strongly discouraged.
206A  INHIBIT SYMMETRIC SWAPPING
206B  ACTIVATE SYMMETRIC SWAPPING
206C  INHIBIT ARABIC FORM SHAPING
206D  ACTIVATE ARABIC FORM SHAPING
206E  NATIONAL DIGIT SHAPES
206F  NOMINAL DIGIT SHAPESSpace
205F  MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE• abbreviated MMSP
• four-eighteenths of an em≈ 0020  space
Format character
2060  WORD JOINER• commonly abbreviated WJ• a zero width non-breaking space (only)• intended for disambiguation of functions forbyte order mark→ FEFF  zero width no-break space
Invisible operators
2061  FUNCTION APPLICATION• contiguity operator indicating application of afunction
2062  INVISIBLE TIMES• contiguity operator indicating multiplication
2063  INVISIBLE SEPARATOR= invisible comma• contiguity operator indicating that adjacentmathematical symbols form a list, e.g. when novisible comma is used between multiple
indices

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201D

Standardized Variation Sequences

2018‘ LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
‘ non-fullwidth form
‘ right-justified fullwidth form
20182018 FE00

2018 FE01

2019’ RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
’ non-fullwidth form
’ left-justified fullwidth form
20192019 FE002019 FE01

201C“ LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
“ non-fullwidth form
“ right-justified fullwidth form
201C

201C FE00

201C FE01

201D” RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK” non-fullwidth form
” left-justified fullwidth form
201D

201D FE00

201D FE01

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