Supplemental Punctuation
Range: 2E00–2E7FThis file contains an excerpt from the character code tables and list of character names forThe Unicode Standard, Version 16.0
This file may be changed at any time without notice to reflect errata, or other updates to the Unicode Standard.
See https://www.unicode.org/errata/ for an up-to-date list of errata.
See https://www.unicode.org/charts/ for access to a complete list of the latest character code charts. See
https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/Unicode-16.0/ for charts showing only the characters added in Unicode 16.0. See
https://www.unicode.org/Public/16.0.0/charts/ for a complete archived file of character code charts for Unicode 16.0. See
https://www.unicode.org/charts/About.html#Conventions for conventions used in these code charts, and other general
information.
Disclaimer
These charts are provided as the online reference to the character contents of the Unicode Standard, Version 16.0 but do
not provide all the information needed to fully support individual scripts using the Unicode Standard. For a complete
understanding of the use of the characters contained in this file, please consult the appropriate sections of The UnicodeStandard, Version 16.0, online at https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode16.0.0/, as well as the Unicode Standard
Annexes, the other Unicode Technical Reports and Standards, and the Unicode Character Database, which are available
online.
See https://www.unicode.org/ucd/ and https://www.unicode.org/reports/
A thorough understanding of the information contained in these additional sources is required for a successful
implementation.
Fonts
The shapes of the reference glyphs used in these code charts are not prescriptive. Considerable variation is to beexpected in actual fonts.
See https://www.unicode.org/charts/fonts.html for a list.
Terms of Use© 1991–2024 Unicode, Inc. This publication is protected by copyright, and permission must be obtained from Unicode,
Inc. prior to any reproduction, modification, or other use not permitted by the Terms of Use(https://www.unicode.org/copyright.html). Specifically, you may make copies of this publication and may annotate andtranslate it solely for personal or internal business purposes and not for public distribution, provided that any suchpermitted copies and modifications fully reproduce all copyright and other legal notices contained in the original. You
may not make copies of or modifications to this publication for public distribution, or incorporate it in whole or in part
into any product or publication without the express written permission of Unicode.
The Unicode Consortium specifically grants ISO a license to produce such code charts with their associated characternames list to show the repertoire of characters for that standard, as a normatively referenced, integral part of thatstandard.
Unicode uses most fonts under restricted license from the original font owner. You may not extract, copy, modify, ordistribute fonts or font data from any Unicode Products, including this publication, without license from the font owner.
Use of all Unicode Products, including this publication, is governed by the Unicode Terms of Use(https://www.unicode.org/copyright.html). The authors, contributors, and publishers have taken care in the preparation ofthis publication, but make no express or implied representation or warranty of any kind and assume no responsibility orliability for errors or omissions or for consequential or incidental damages that may arise therefrom. This publication isprovided “AS-IS” without charge as a convenience to users.
Unicode and the Unicode Logo are registered trademarks of Unicode, Inc., in the United States and other countries.

2E00

Supplemental Punctuation

2E003

⹀ ⹐
2E40

2E50

⸁ ⸑ ⸡ ⸱ ⹁

⹑

2E41

2E51

⸢

⸲⹂ ⹒

2E22

2E32

2E42

⸃ ⸓ ⸣B⹄⹔
2E54⹅

⹕⸅ ⸕ ⸥

⸵

2E25

2E35

2E45

2E55

⸆ ⸖ ⸦ ⸶⹆

⹖

2E15

2E16

2E26

2E36

⸇ ⸗ ⸧ ⸷
2E17

2E27

2E37

2E46

⹇

2E47

⸈ ⸘ ⸨ ⸸ ⹈
2E18

2E28

2E38

⸉ ⸙ ⸩ ⸹
2E19

2E29

2E39

2E48

⹉

2E49

2E56

⹗
2E57

⹘
2E58

⹙
2E59

⸊

⸚ ⸪ ⸺ ⹊

⹚

2E0A

2E1A

2E4A

2E5A

2E2A

2E3A

⸋ ⸛ ⸫ ⸻ ⹋

⹛

2E4B2E5B

2E1B

2E2B

2E3B

⸌ ⸜ ⸬ ⸼

⹌

⹜

2E3C

2E4C

2E5C

2E1C

2E2C

⸍ ⸝ ⸭ ⸽
2E1D

2E2D

2E3D

⹍ ⹝
2E4D

⸎ ⸞ ⸮

⸾

⹎

2E2E

2E3E

2E4E

2E0E

F

2E53

2E44

2E0D

E

2E43

⸴

2E14

2E1E

⸏ ⸟
2E0F

2E1F

2E7

⸳ ⹃ ⹓
2E33

2E34

2E0C

D

2E23

2E24

2E0B

C

2E13

2E6

2E52

⸄ ⸔ ⸤

2E09

A

2E31

⸒

2E08

9

2E21

2E12

2E07

8

2E11

⸂

2E06

7

2E10

2E02

2E05

6

2E5⸰

2E04

5

2E4

2E30

2E03

4

2E3

2E20

2E01

22E2⸀ ⸐ ⸠
2E00

12E1

2E7F

2E5D

ⸯ ň ⹏
2E2F

2E3F

2E4F

The Unicode Standard, Version 16.0, Copyright © 1991-2024 Unicode, Inc. All rights reserved.

3212E00Supplemental Punctuation

New Testament editorial symbols
2E00 ⸀ RIGHT ANGLE SUBSTITUTION MARKER→ 231C ⌜ top left corner
2E01 ⸁ RIGHT ANGLE DOTTED SUBSTITUTION MARKER
2E02 ⸂ LEFT SUBSTITUTION BRACKET
2E03 ⸃ RIGHT SUBSTITUTION BRACKET
2E04 ⸄ LEFT DOTTED SUBSTITUTION BRACKET
2E05 ⸅ RIGHT DOTTED SUBSTITUTION BRACKET
2E06 ⸆ RAISED INTERPOLATION MARKER→ 22A4 ⊤ down tack2E07 ⸇ RAISED DOTTED INTERPOLATION MARKER
2E08 ⸈ DOTTED TRANSPOSITION MARKER
2E09 ⸉ LEFT TRANSPOSITION BRACKET
2E0A ⸊ RIGHT TRANSPOSITION BRACKET
2E0B ⸋ RAISED SQUARE• used as an opening raised omission bracket
2E0C ⸌ LEFT RAISED OMISSION BRACKET• used as an opening or closing raised omission
bracket
2E0D ⸍ RIGHT RAISED OMISSION BRACKET• used as a closing or opening raised omission
bracketAncient Greek textual symbols
2E0E ⸎ EDITORIAL CORONIS→ 1FBD ᾽ greek koronis
2E0F ⸏ PARAGRAPHOS2E10 ⸐ FORKED PARAGRAPHOS
2E11 ⸑ REVERSED FORKED PARAGRAPHOS
2E12 ⸒ HYPODIASTOLE= ypodiastoli
2E13 ⸓ DOTTED OBELOS• glyph variants may look like ‘÷’ or ‘∸’→ 2052 s commercial minus sign
2E14 ⸔ DOWNWARDS ANCORA• contrary to its formal name this symbol points
upwards
2E15 ⸕ UPWARDS ANCORA• contrary to its formal name this symbol points
downwards
2E16 ⸖ DOTTED RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE= diple periestigmene
Ancient Near-Eastern linguistic symbol
2E17 ⸗ DOUBLE OBLIQUE HYPHEN• used in ancient Near-Eastern linguistics• hyphen in Fraktur text uses 002D - or 2010 ‐ ,but with a ‘⸗’ glyph in Fraktur fonts→ 002D - hyphen-minus→ 003D = equals sign
→ 2010 ‐ hyphen→ 2E40 ⹀ double hyphen→ 2E5D ⹝ oblique hyphen
General punctuation
2E18 ⸘ INVERTED INTERROBANG= gnaborretni→ 203D ‽ interrobang
2E19 ⸙ PALM BRANCH• used as a separator

322

2E2F

Dictionary punctuation
These punctuation marks are used mostly in German
dictionaries, to indicate umlaut or case changes withabbreviated stems.
2E1A ⸚ HYPHEN WITH DIAERESIS• indicates umlaut of the stem vowel of a pluralform
2E1B ⸛ TILDE WITH RING ABOVE• indicates change in case for derived form
Brackets
2E1C ⸜ LEFT LOW PARAPHRASE BRACKET
2E1D ⸝ RIGHT LOW PARAPHRASE BRACKET• used in N’Ko
Dictionary punctuation
2E1E ⸞ TILDE WITH DOT ABOVE• indicates derived form changes to uppercase
2E1F ⸟ TILDE WITH DOT BELOW• indicates derived form changes to lowercase
Brackets
2E20 ⸠ LEFT VERTICAL BAR WITH QUILL→ 2045 ⁅ left square bracket with quill
2E21 ⸡ RIGHT VERTICAL BAR WITH QUILLHalf brackets
These form a set of four corner brackets and are used
editorially. They are distinguished from mathematical floor
and ceiling characters. Occasionally quine corners aresubstituted for half brackets.
2E22 ⸢ TOP LEFT HALF BRACKET→ 2308 ⌈ left ceiling→ 231C ⌜ top left corner→ 300C 「 left corner bracket
2E23 ⸣ TOP RIGHT HALF BRACKET
2E24 ⸤ BOTTOM LEFT HALF BRACKET
2E25 ⸥ BOTTOM RIGHT HALF BRACKETBrackets
2E26 ⸦ LEFT SIDEWAYS U BRACKET→ 2282 ⊂ subset of
2E27 ⸧ RIGHT SIDEWAYS U BRACKET→ 2283 ⊃ superset of
2E28 ⸨ LEFT DOUBLE PARENTHESIS→ 2985 ⦅ left white parenthesis→ FF5F ｟ fullwidth left white parenthesis
2E29 ⸩ RIGHT DOUBLE PARENTHESISHistoric punctuation
See also historic punctuation with multiple dots in the range
2058-205E.
2E2A ⸪ TWO DOTS OVER ONE DOT PUNCTUATION
2E2B ⸫ ONE DOT OVER TWO DOTS PUNCTUATION
2E2C ⸬ SQUARED FOUR DOT PUNCTUATION
2E2D ⸭ FIVE DOT MARK
2E2E ⸮ REVERSED QUESTION MARK= punctus percontativus→ 003F ? question mark→ 00BF ¿ inverted question mark→ 061F ‫ ؟‬arabic question mark2E2F ⸯ VERTICAL TILDE• used for Cyrillic yerik→ 033E $̾ combining vertical tilde→ A67F ꙿ cyrillic payerok

The Unicode Standard, Version 16.0, Copyright © 1991-2024 Unicode, Inc. All rights reserved.

2E30

Supplemental Punctuation

2E30

⸰

2E31

⸱

RING POINT• used in Avestan→ 2218 ∘ ring operator→ 25E6 ◦ white bullet
WORD SEPARATOR MIDDLE DOT• used in Avestan, Samaritan, ...
→ 00B7 · middle dot

Palaeotype transliteration symbol
2E32 ⸲ TURNED COMMA• indicates nasalization→ 060C ، arabic comma
Historic punctuation
2E33 ⸳ RAISED DOT• glyph position intermediate between 002E .
and 00B7 ·→ 002E . full stop
→ 00B7 · middle dot
2E34 ⸴ RAISED COMMA→ 002C , comma
Palaeotype transliteration symbols
2E35 ⸵ TURNED SEMICOLON• indicates sudden glottal closure→ 061B ‫ ؛‬arabic semicolon
2E36 ⸶ DAGGER WITH LEFT GUARD• indicates retracted pronunciation
2E37 ⸷ DAGGER WITH RIGHT GUARD• indicates advanced pronunciation
2E38 ⸸ TURNED DAGGER• indicates retroflex pronunciation→ 2020 † dagger2E39 ⸹ TOP HALF SECTION SIGN
• indicates pronunciation on one side of themouth only
→ 00A7 § section sign

2E4E

Double hyphen
The double hyphen is used in transcription of old German
manuscripts, and occasionally as a non-standard
punctuation mark. It is not intended for the representation of
normal hyphens, whose doubled forms in Fraktur text areconsidered glyphic variants.
2E40 ⹀ DOUBLE HYPHEN→ 003D = equals sign
→ 2010 ‐ hyphen→ 2E17 ⸗ double oblique hyphen→ 30A0 ゠ katakana-hiragana double hyphen→ A78A ꞊ modifier letter short equals sign
Reversed punctuation
2E41 ⹁ REVERSED COMMA• Old Hungarian• used occasionally in Sindhi when Sindhi iswritten in the Arabic script→ 002C , comma→ 060C ، arabic comma
2E42 ⹂ DOUBLE LOW-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK→ 201E „ double low-9 quotation markMiscellaneous punctuation
2E43 ⹃ DASH WITH LEFT UPTURN• functions as a paragraphos in some Slavonictexts→ 2E0F ⸏ paragraphos
2E44 ⹄ DOUBLE SUSPENSION MARK• indicates omission of letters in a word on someByzantine Greek seals and coins→ 0374 ʹ greek numeral sign

Typicon punctuation
2E45 ⹅ INVERTED LOW KAVYKA
2E46 ⹆ INVERTED LOW KAVYKA WITH KAVYKA ABOVE→ 2A46 ⩆ union above intersection→ AB5B ꭛ modifier breve with inverted breveDashes
2E47 ⹇ LOW KAVYKA
These long dashes are shown in the code charts inside dashed→ A67E ꙾ cyrillic kavyka
square boxes because of their width. In production fonts they
2E48 ⹈ LOW KAVYKA WITH DOT
would simply display as extra-wide dashes.
2E49 ⹉ DOUBLE STACKED COMMA
2E3A ⸺ TWO-EM DASHHistoric punctuation= omission dash• may be used in Chinese for abrupt change of2E4A ⹊ DOTTED SOLIDUS
thought, inserting new content, or= virgula suspensiva
continuation of tone or sound• indicates a medial disjunction more than
→ 2014 — em dashsolidus but less than punctus elevatus
2E3B ⸻ THREE-EM DASH
2E4B ⹋ TRIPLE DAGGER→ 2020 † dagger
Alternate forms of punctuation→ 2021 ‡ double dagger
2E3C ⸼ STENOGRAPHIC FULL STOP
2E4C ⹌ MEDIEVAL COMMA• used in shorthands and stenographies• indicates a minor medial pause or disjunction→ 002E . full stopof sense→ 166E ᙮ canadian syllabics full stop
2E4D ⹍ PARAGRAPHUS MARK
2E3D ⸽ VERTICAL SIX DOTS
• indicates the beginning of a paragraph, section,→ 205E ⁞ vertical four dots
stanza, or proposition→ 2999 ⦙ dotted fence→ 00B6 ¶ pilcrow sign
2E3E ⸾ WIGGLY VERTICAL LINE
→ 204B ⁋ reversed pilcrow sign
→ 2307 ⌇ wavy line
→ 2E0F ⸏ paragraphos→ 299A ⦚ vertical zigzag line
→ 2E3F ň capitulum
2E4E ⹎ PUNCTUS ELEVATUS MARKHistoric punctuation• This mark indicates a major intermediate pause
2E3F ň CAPITULUM
where the sensus is complete but the sentence• ancestor of the pilcrow sign
is not; this is similar in some regards to the→ 00B6 ¶ pilcrow signmodern use of a semicolon.

The Unicode Standard, Version 16.0, Copyright © 1991-2024 Unicode, Inc. All rights reserved.

323

2E4F

2E4F
2E50
2E51
2E52
2E53
2E54

Supplemental Punctuation

2E5D

⹏ CORNISH VERSE DIVIDER
⹐ CROSS PATTY WITH RIGHT CROSSBAR→ 2720 ✠ maltese cross→ 2C75 Ⱶ latin capital letter half h⹑ CROSS PATTY WITH LEFT CROSSBAR→ A7F5 Ꟶ latin capital letter reversed half h⹒ TIRONIAN SIGN CAPITAL ET→ 204A ⁊ tironian sign et⹓ MEDIEVAL EXCLAMATION MARK⹔ MEDIEVAL QUESTION MARKBrackets
These brackets indicate ellipsis in certain conventions forJapanese transliteration.
2E55 ⹕ LEFT SQUARE BRACKET WITH STROKE• optional ellipsis→ 2045 ⁅ left square bracket with quill
2E56 ⹖ RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET WITH STROKE
2E57 ⹗ LEFT SQUARE BRACKET WITH DOUBLE STROKE• obligatory ellipsis
2E58 ⹘ RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET WITH DOUBLESTROKE
Parentheses top and bottom halves
These are used in pairs in extended IPA to indicate dubious
phonemes or questionable presence of a sound.
2E59 ⹙ TOP HALF LEFT PARENTHESIS
2E5A ⹚ TOP HALF RIGHT PARENTHESIS
2E5B ⹛ BOTTOM HALF LEFT PARENTHESIS
2E5C ⹜ BOTTOM HALF RIGHT PARENTHESIS
Oblique hyphen
The oblique hyphen is historic punctuation seen in somemedieval and Renaissance manuscripts. In some modern
lexicography an oblique hyphen is used distinctly to indicatehyphenation which is retained when a word is not broken at aline boundary.
2E5D ⹝ OBLIQUE HYPHEN→ 2010 ‐ hyphen→ 2E17 ⸗ double oblique hyphen

324

The Unicode Standard, Version 16.0, Copyright © 1991-2024 Unicode, Inc. All rights reserved.