⁝ is the Unicode character TRICOLON, code point U+205D (decimal 8285) in the General Punctuation block, added in Unicode 4.1. In HTML write ⁝, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 81 9D.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+205D |
| Decimal | 8285 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 81 9D |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 205D |
| UTF-32 | 0000205D |
| HTML decimal | ⁝ |
| HTML hex | ⁝ |
| CSS | \205D |
| JavaScript | \u205D |
| JSON | \u205D |
| Python | \u205D |
| Python by name | \N{TRICOLON} |
| Java, C# | \u205D |
| Rust, Swift | \u{205D} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u205D |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%81%9D |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | TRICOLON |
| Code point | U+205D (decimal 8285) |
| Block | General Punctuation (U+2000–U+206F) |
| General category | Po: Other punctuation |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 4.1 |
Nearby in General Punctuation
- ⁕ U+2055 Flower Punctuation Mark
- ⁖ U+2056 Three Dot Punctuation
- ⁗ U+2057 Quadruple Prime
- ⁘ U+2058 Four Dot Punctuation
- ⁙ U+2059 Five Dot Punctuation
- ⁚ U+205A Two Dot Punctuation
- ⁛ U+205B Four Dot Mark
- ⁜ U+205C Dotted Cross
- ⁞ U+205E Vertical Four Dots
- U+205F Medium Mathematical Space
- U+2060 Word Joiner
- U+2061 Function Application
- U+2062 Invisible Times
- U+2063 Invisible Separator
- U+2064 Invisible Plus
- U+2066 Left-To-Right Isolate
All 111 characters: General Punctuation.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⁝?
- Use ⁝ (decimal) or ⁝ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+205D?
- E2 81 9D (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%81%9D.
- How do I write U+205D in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u205D. Python: \u205D.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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