What ⸋ means
It marks an omission in a scholarly edition. In New Testament textual criticism (comparing manuscript copies), ⸋ starts a passage some copies leave out; the apparatus (editor’s notes) gives the variant. The Nestle–Aland New Testament edition introduced these NT sigla (editorial signs); a Unicode proposal from 2003 records prior scholarly use, not their origin.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
2The usual bracket for a passage omitted in some manuscript copies.
An alternative editorial bracket for an omitted passage.
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 ⸋
- Search it as
- NT siglum · omission mark · textual criticism
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⸋CSS
\2E0BUnicode input
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Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⸋
HTML hex
⸋
CSS content
content: "\2E0B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%B8%8B
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.