Three Dot Punctuation

⁖ is an archaic punctuation mark without one general modern reading. Its meaning depends on the writing tradition, so treat it as specialist punctuation unless a source gives it a specific role.

Text symbol

What ⁖ means

Its job depended on the script or manuscript. The history of three dot punctuation includes ancient scripts and medieval manuscripts. Glagolitic texts include ⁖ among archaic multiple-dot marks; their specific functions varied by tradition.

Is ⁖ the same as an ellipsis?

No. Use … for an ordinary modern ellipsis. The horizontal ellipsis marks omission or a trailing thought; ⁖ is historical punctuation.

Historical, specialist punctuation.

Don't use it for an ordinary ellipsis.

Part of the collection

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Dot Symbols

Don't confuse it with

…

Horizontal Ellipsis

The horizontal ellipsis marks omission or trailing off; ⁖ is a historical punctuation mark.

⁝

Tricolon

⁝ is a vertical three-dot mark called a tricolon; ⁖ arranges its dots as a triangle.

∴

Therefore

∴ means “therefore” in maths; it is a logic sign, while ⁖ is historical punctuation.

∵

Because

∵ means “because”: an inverted triangle of dots, a maths sign rather than punctuation.

Combination ideas

The three-, four- and five-dot marks in sequence.

A dotted section divider.

A closing line framed by dot marks.

Questions people ask

Why 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.