General Punctuation

Range: 2000–206F

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200 201 202 203 204 205 206

0  ‐ † ‰ ⁀ q 
2000 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050 2060

1  ‡ ‱ ⁁ r 
2001 2011 2021 2031 2041 2051 2061

2  ‒ • ′ ⁂ s 
2002 2012 2022 2032 2042 2052 2062

3  – ‣ ″ ⁃ ⁓ 
2003 2013 2023 2033 2043 2053 2063

4  — ․ ‴ ⁄ ⁔
2004 2014 2024 2034 2044 2054 2064

5 ― ‥ ‵ ⁅ ⁕
2005 2015 2025 2035 2045 2055

6  ‖ … ‶ ⁆ ⁖ 
2006 2016 2026 2036 2046 2056 2066

7  ‗ ‧ ‷ n t 
2007 2017 2027 2037 2047 2057 2067

8  ‘  ‸ ⁈ ⁘ 
2008 2018 2028 2038 2048 2058 2068

9  ’  ‹ ⁉ ⁙ 
2009 2019 2029 2039 2049 2059 2069

A  ‚  › ⁊ ⁚ 
200A 201A 202A 203A 204A 205A 206A

B  ‛  ※ ⁋ ⁛ 
200B 201B 202B 203B 204B 205B 206B

C  “  ‼ ⁌ ⁜ 
200C 201C 202C 203C 204C 205C 206C

D  ”  ‽ ⁍ ⁝ 
200D 201D 202D 203D 204D 205D 206D

E  „  ‾ o ⁞ 
200E 201E 202E 203E 204E 205E 206E

F  ‟  ‿ p 
200F 201F 202F 203F 204F 205F 206F

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For additional general punctuation characters see also Basic Dashes

Latin, Latin-1, Supplemental Punctuation and CJK Symbols 2010 ‐ HYPHEN
and Punctuation. → 002D - hyphen-minus
Spaces → 00AD  soft hyphen
2000  EN QUAD 2011  NON-BREAKING HYPHEN
≡ 2002  en space ≈ <noBreak> 2010 ‐
2001  EM QUAD 2012 ‒ FIGURE DASH
= mutton quad 2013 – EN DASH
≡ 2003  em space 2014 — EM DASH
2002  EN SPACE • may be used in pairs to offset parenthetical text
= nut → 2E3A ⸺ two-em dash
• half an em → 30FC ー katakana-hiragana prolonged sound
≈ 0020  space mark
2003  EM SPACE 2015 ― HORIZONTAL BAR
= mutton = quotation dash
• nominally, a space equal to the type size in • long dash introducing quoted text
points General punctuation
• may scale by the condensation factor of a font 2016 ‖ DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE
≈ 0020  space • used in pairs to indicate norm of a matrix
2004  THREE-PER-EM SPACE → 20E6  combining double vertical stroke
= thick space overlay
≈ 0020  space → 2225 ∥ parallel to
2005  FOUR-PER-EM SPACE → 23F8  double vertical bar
= mid space 2017 ‗ DOUBLE LOW LINE
≈ 0020  space • this is a spacing character
2006  SIX-PER-EM SPACE → 005F _ low line
• in computer typography sometimes equated → 0333 $̳ combining double low line
to thin space
≈ 0020  0333 $̳
≈ 0020  space
2007  FIGURE SPACE Quotation marks and apostrophe
• space equal to tabular width of a font Use of quotation marks differs by language. The character
• this is equivalent to the digit width of fonts names cannot reflect actual usage for all languages.
with fixed-width digits 2018 ‘ LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
≈ <noBreak> 0020  = single turned comma quotation mark
2008  PUNCTUATION SPACE • this is the preferred character (as opposed to
• space equal to narrow punctuation of a font 201B ‛ )
≈ 0020  space → 0027 ' apostrophe
2009  THIN SPACE → 02BB ʻ modifier letter turned comma
• a fifth of an em (or sometimes a sixth) → 275B ❛ heavy single turned comma quotation
→ 202F  narrow no-break space mark ornament
≈ 0020  space ⁓ 2018 FE00 ‘ non-fullwidth form
200A  HAIR SPACE ⁓ 2018 FE01 ‘ right-justified fullwidth form
• thinner than a thin space 2019 ’ RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
• in traditional typography, the thinnest space = single comma quotation mark
available • this is the preferred character to use for
≈ 0020  space apostrophe
→ 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 form
separation and for line break control; it has no ⁓ 2019 FE01 ’ left-justified fullwidth form
width, but its presence between two characters
does not prevent increased letter spacing in 201A ‚ SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK
justification = low single comma quotation mark
200C  ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER • used as opening single quotation mark in some
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 MARK appearance
• commonly abbreviated LRM → 02BD ʽ modifier letter reversed comma
200F  RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK
• commonly abbreviated RLM
→ 061C  arabic letter mark

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201C “ LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK 2027 ‧ HYPHENATION POINT

= double turned comma quotation mark • visible symbol used to indicate correct
• this is the preferred character (as opposed to positions for word breaking, as in dic·tion·ar·ies
201F ‟ ) Separators
→ 0022 " quotation mark
2028  LINE SEPARATOR
→ 275D ❝ heavy double turned comma
quotation mark ornament • may be used to represent this semantic
unambiguously
→ 301D 〝 reversed double prime quotation
mark 2029  PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR
⁓ 201C FE00 “ non-fullwidth form • may be used to represent this semantic
unambiguously
⁓ 201C FE01 “ right-justified fullwidth form
201D ” RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK Format characters
= double comma quotation mark 202A  LEFT-TO-RIGHT EMBEDDING
→ 0022 " quotation mark • commonly abbreviated LRE
→ 2033 ″ double prime 202B  RIGHT-TO-LEFT EMBEDDING
→ 275E ❞ heavy double comma quotation mark • commonly abbreviated RLE
ornament 202C  POP DIRECTIONAL FORMATTING
→ 301E 〞 double prime quotation mark • commonly abbreviated PDF
⁓ 201D FE00 ” non-fullwidth form 202D  LEFT-TO-RIGHT OVERRIDE
⁓ 201D FE01 ” left-justified fullwidth form • commonly abbreviated LRO
201E „ DOUBLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK 202E  RIGHT-TO-LEFT OVERRIDE
= low double comma quotation mark
• commonly abbreviated RLO
• used as opening double quotation mark in
some languages Space
→ 2E42 ⹂ double low-reversed-9 quotation 202F  NARROW NO-BREAK SPACE
mark • commonly abbreviated NNBSP
→ 301F 〟 low double prime quotation mark • a narrow form of a no-break space, typically the
201F ‟ DOUBLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK width of a thin space or a mid space
= double reversed comma quotation mark → 00A0  no-break space
• has same semantic as 201C “ , but differs in → 2005  four-per-em space
appearance → 2009  thin space
General punctuation ≈ <noBreak> 0020 
2020 † DAGGER General punctuation
= obelisk, long cross, oblong cross 2030 ‰ PER MILLE SIGN
→ 2E38 ⸸ turned dagger = permille, per thousand
2021 ‡ DOUBLE DAGGER • used, for example, in measures of blood alcohol
= diesis, double obelisk content, salinity, etc.
→ 2E4B ⹋ triple dagger → 0025 % percent sign
2022 • BULLET → 0609 ؉ arabic-indic per mille sign
= black small circle 2031 ‱ PER TEN THOUSAND SIGN
→ 00B7 · middle dot = permyriad
→ 2024 ․ one dot leader • percent of a percent, rarely used
→ 2219 ∙ bullet operator → 0025 % percent sign
→ 25D8 ◘ inverse bullet → 060A ؊ arabic-indic per ten thousand sign
→ 25E6 ◦ white bullet 2032 ′ PRIME
2023 ‣ TRIANGULAR BULLET = minutes, feet
→ 220E ∎ end of proof → 0027 ' apostrophe
→ 25B8 ▸ black right-pointing small triangle → 00B4 ´ acute accent
2024 ․ ONE DOT LEADER → 02B9 ʹ modifier letter prime
• also used as an Armenian semicolon (mijaket) 2033 ″ DOUBLE PRIME
→ 00B7 · middle dot = seconds, inches
→ 2022 • bullet → 0022 " quotation mark
→ 2219 ∙ bullet operator → 02BA ʺ modifier letter double prime
≈ 002E . full stop → 201D ” right double quotation mark
2025 ‥ TWO DOT LEADER → 3003 〃 ditto mark
≈ 002E . 002E . → 301E 〞 double prime quotation mark
2026 … HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS ≈ 2032 ′ 2032 ′
= three dot leader 2034 ‴ TRIPLE PRIME
→ 22EE ⋮ vertical ellipsis = lines (old measure, 1/12 of an inch)
→ FE19 ︙ presentation form for vertical ≈ 2032 ′ 2032 ′ 2032 ′
horizontal ellipsis 2035 ‵ REVERSED PRIME
≈ 002E . 002E . 002E . → 0060 ` grave accent

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2036 ‶ REVERSED DOUBLE PRIME Brackets

→ 301D 〝 reversed double prime quotation 2045 ⁅ LEFT SQUARE BRACKET WITH QUILL
mark → 2E20 ⸠ left vertical bar with quill
≈ 2035 ‵ 2035 ‵ → 2E55 ⹕ left square bracket with stroke
2037 ‷ REVERSED TRIPLE PRIME 2046 ⁆ RIGHT SQUARE BRACKET WITH QUILL
≈ 2035 ‵ 2035 ‵ 2035 ‵
2038 ‸ CARET Double punctuation for vertical text
→ 2303 ⌃ up arrowhead 2047 n DOUBLE QUESTION MARK
→ A788 ꞈ modifier letter low circumflex accent ≈ 003F ? 003F ?
2048 ⁈ QUESTION EXCLAMATION MARK
Quotation marks
≈ 003F ? 0021 !
2039 ‹ SINGLE LEFT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION 2049 ⁉ EXCLAMATION QUESTION MARK
MARK
= left pointing single guillemet ≈ 0021 ! 003F ?
• usually opening, sometimes closing General punctuation
→ 003C < less-than sign 204A ⁊ TIRONIAN SIGN ET
→ 2329 〈 left-pointing angle bracket • Irish Gaelic, Old English, ...
→ 3008 〈 left angle bracket → 0026 & ampersand
203A › SINGLE RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION → 2E52 ⹒ tironian sign capital et
MARK → 1F670 script ligature et ornament
= right pointing single guillemet 204B ⁋ REVERSED PILCROW SIGN
• usually closing, sometimes opening → 00B6 ¶ pilcrow sign
→ 003E > greater-than sign → 2E4D ⹍ paragraphus mark
→ 232A 〉 right-pointing angle bracket 204C ⁌ BLACK LEFTWARDS BULLET
→ 3009 〉 right angle bracket 204D ⁍ BLACK RIGHTWARDS BULLET
General punctuation 204E o LOW ASTERISK
203B ※ REFERENCE MARK → 002A * asterisk
= Japanese kome → 0359 $ combining asterisk below
= Urdu paragraph separator 204F p REVERSED SEMICOLON
→ 0FBF ē tibetan ku ru kha bzhi mig can • used occasionally in Sindhi when Sindhi is
→ 200AD ď written in the Arabic script
Double punctuation for vertical text → 003B ; semicolon
→ 061B ‫ ؛‬arabic semicolon
203C ‼ DOUBLE EXCLAMATION MARK 2050 q CLOSE UP
→ 0021 ! exclamation mark • editing mark
≈ 0021 ! 0021 ! → AB5B ꭛ modifier breve with inverted breve
General punctuation 2051 r TWO ASTERISKS ALIGNED VERTICALLY
203D ‽ INTERROBANG 2052 s COMMERCIAL MINUS SIGN
→ 0021 ! exclamation mark = abzüglich (German), med avdrag av (Swedish),
→ 003F ? question mark piska (Swedish, "whip")
→ 2E18 ⸘ inverted interrobang • a common glyph variant and fallback
→ 1F679 heavy interrobang ornament representation looks like ./.
203E ‾ OVERLINE • may also be used as a dingbat to indicate
correctness
= spacing overscore
• used in Finno-Ugric Phonetic Alphabet to
≈ 0020  0305 $̅ indicate a related borrowed form with different
203F ‿ UNDERTIE sound
= Greek enotikon → 0025 % percent sign
→ 2323 ⌣ smile → 066A ٪ arabic percent sign
2040 ⁀ CHARACTER TIE → 00F7 ÷ division sign
= z notation sequence concatenation 2053 ⁓ SWUNG DASH
→ 2322 ⌢ frown → 007E ~ tilde
2041 ⁁ CARET INSERTION POINT 2054 ⁔ INVERTED UNDERTIE
• proofreader’s mark: insert here 2055 ⁕ FLOWER PUNCTUATION MARK
→ 22CC ⋌ right semidirect product = phul, puspika
2042 ⁂ ASTERISM • used as a punctuation mark with Syloti Nagri,
2043 ⁃ HYPHEN BULLET Bengali and other Indic scripts
→ 002D - hyphen-minus → 274B ❋ heavy eight teardrop-spoked
2044 ⁄ FRACTION SLASH propeller asterisk
= solidus (in typography) Archaic punctuation
• for composing arbitrary fractions
→ 002F / solidus 2056 ⁖ THREE DOT PUNCTUATION
→ 2215 ∕ division slash → 10FB ჻ georgian paragraph separator

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General punctuation 2064  INVISIBLE PLUS

2057 t QUADRUPLE PRIME • contiguity operator indicating addition
≈ 2032 ′ 2032 ′ 2032 ′ 2032 ′ Format characters
Archaic punctuation 2066  LEFT-TO-RIGHT ISOLATE
See also historic punctuation with multiple dots in the range • commonly abbreviated LRI
2E2A-2E2D. 2067  RIGHT-TO-LEFT ISOLATE
2058 ⁘ FOUR DOT PUNCTUATION • commonly abbreviated RLI
2059 ⁙ FIVE DOT PUNCTUATION 2068  FIRST STRONG ISOLATE
= Greek pentonkion • commonly abbreviated FSI
= quincunx 2069  POP DIRECTIONAL ISOLATE
→ 2684 ĺ die face-5 • commonly abbreviated PDI
205A ⁚ TWO DOT PUNCTUATION Deprecated
• historically used to indicate the end of a Use of these characters is strongly discouraged.
sentence or change of speaker
• extends from baseline to cap height 206A  INHIBIT SYMMETRIC SWAPPING
→ FE30 ︰ presentation form for vertical two 206B  ACTIVATE SYMMETRIC SWAPPING
dot leader 206C  INHIBIT ARABIC FORM SHAPING
→ 1015B 𐅛 greek acrophonic epidaurean two 206D  ACTIVATE ARABIC FORM SHAPING
205B ⁛ FOUR DOT MARK 206E  NATIONAL DIGIT SHAPES
• used by scribes in the margin as highlighter 206F  NOMINAL DIGIT SHAPES
mark
• 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 vertical
horizontal 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
Space
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 for
byte order mark
→ FEFF  zero width no-break space
Invisible operators
2061  FUNCTION APPLICATION
• contiguity operator indicating application of a
function
2062  INVISIBLE TIMES
• contiguity operator indicating multiplication
2063  INVISIBLE SEPARATOR
= invisible comma
• contiguity operator indicating that adjacent
mathematical symbols form a list, e.g. when no
visible comma is used between multiple
indices

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Standardized Variation Sequences

2018
‘ LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
2018

‘ non-fullwidth form
2018 FE00

‘ right-justified fullwidth form

2018 FE01
2019
’ RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
2019

’ non-fullwidth form
2019 FE00

’ left-justified fullwidth form

2019 FE01
201C
“ LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
201C

“ non-fullwidth form
201C FE00

“ right-justified fullwidth form

201C FE01
201D
” RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
201D

” non-fullwidth form
201D FE00

” left-justified fullwidth form

201D FE01

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