Unicode Character "ː" (U+02D0)

The character ː (Modifier Letter Triangular Colon) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+02D0. It is encoded in the Spacing Modifier Letters block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ː.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Modifier Letter Triangular Colon
Unicode Codepoint U+02D0
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Spacing Modifier Letters
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Left To Right (L)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Modifier Letter
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+02D0 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ː
HTML (hex) ː
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %CB%90
CSS \0002D0
JavaScript, JSON \u02D0
C, C++, Java \u02D0
Python \u02D0
Rust \u{02D0}
Ruby \u02D0

How to type "ː"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 2 D 0. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 2 D 0. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ː
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ː
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ː
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xCB 0x90
UTF-16 (hex) 0x02D0
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000002D0

Characters based on "ː" (U+02D0)

References