What ⸁ means
It flags a word with a different reading in the manuscripts. The critical apparatus—the edition’s notes comparing surviving copies—lists the alternatives for that word. Plain ⸀ marks the first single-word substitution in a verse.
Nestle–Aland introduced this modern system; a 1963 example appears in its 25th edition.
Specialist notation for Greek New Testament editions.
The dot counts a second occurrence; it adds no emphasis.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions 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 2E01, 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 “right angle dotted substitution marker”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2e01, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⸁CSS
\2E01Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⸁
HTML hex
⸁
CSS content
content: "\2E01";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%B8%81
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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.