Unicode Character "⋅" (U+22C5)

The character ⋅ (Dot Operator) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+22C5. It is encoded in the Mathematical Operators block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ⋅.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Dot Operator
Unicode Codepoint U+22C5
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Mathematical Operators
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+22C5 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⋅
HTML (hex) ⋅
HTML (named) ⋅
URL Escape Code %E2%8B%85
CSS \0022C5
JavaScript, JSON \u22C5
C, C++, Java \u22C5
Python \u22C5
Rust \u{22C5}
Ruby \u22C5

How to type "⋅"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 C 5. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 C 5. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8B 0x85
UTF-16 (hex) 0x22C5
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000022C5

References