What ⁀ means
It joins characters or sequences on either side.
Z is a formal language for describing systems; s⁀t joins sequences s and t. In late Classical and Byzantine Greek papyrus manuscripts, the low enotikon marked letters read as one word. Related ties appear in phonetics, music, and Central Alaskan Yup'ik writing, an Indigenous Alaskan language.
In 2011, a typography forum recorded users substituting underscores when fonts lacked tie support; an underscore changes the mark.
Don't confuse it with
2Combination ideas
1In Z notation, join sequence s to sequence t.
Questions people ask
1Why does ⁀ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
How to type ⁀
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2040, then Alt+X to get ⁀.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “character tie”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2040, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⁀CSS
\2040Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⁀
HTML hex
⁀
CSS content
content: "\2040";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%81%80
1
On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.