What ⁘ means
It highlighted selected passages. In one documented Ancient Greek manuscript use, four dot punctuation appeared in the margin beside a point of interest or a hymn’s last verse, a song of praise.
The margin is the blank edge of a page. Other dot-based marks had different roles across manuscript traditions.
Historical manuscript punctuation; reserve it for transcriptions or deliberate styling.
Do not substitute ⁞ for ⁘; the vertical mark signals a dictionary word break.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Vertical Four Dots
⁞ stacks four dots vertically; dictionaries use it to mark a word split at line end that is allowed but usually avoided. ⁘ arranges its dots in a square.
Proportion
∷ Proportion puts four dots in a square and is used in ratios like a:b∷c:d. ⁘ sets its four dots in a diamond.
Squared Four Dot Punctuation
⸬ Squared Four Dot Punctuation puts its dots in a square. ⁘ puts one dot at each point of a diamond.
Five Dot Punctuation
⁙ adds a fifth dot in the centre. ⁘ has an empty centre.
Related characters
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Four Dot Mark
⁛ is another historical mark that manuscript writers placed in the margin to highlight a passage. It has a related role, but it is a separate sign.
Three Dot Punctuation
Three Dot Punctuation is the three-dot member of the same set of old Greek dot punctuation marks.
Two Dot Punctuation
Two Dot Punctuation is the two-dot member of the same set of Greek dot punctuation marks.
Combination ideas
3A dotted break between sections of text.
A heading framed with old-style dot ornaments.
A small star-and-dots ornament for bios or captions.
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.
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How to type or find ⁘
- Also called
- four-dot punctuation
- Search it as
- four dot mark · Ancient Greek punctuation · marginal mark · vertical four dots
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⁘CSS
\2058Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⁘
HTML hex
⁘
CSS content
content: "\2058";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%81%98
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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.