Unicode Character "⸻" (U+2E3B)

The character ⸻ (Three-Em Dash) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2E3B. It is encoded in the Supplemental Punctuation block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 6.1 (January, 2012). It is HTML encoded as ⸻.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Three-Em Dash
Unicode Codepoint U+2E3B
Unicode Version 6.1 (January, 2012)
Block Supplemental Punctuation
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Dash Punctuation
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2E3B Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⸻
HTML (hex) ⸻
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%B8%BB
CSS \002E3B
JavaScript, JSON \u2E3B
C, C++, Java \u2E3B
Python \u2E3B
Rust \u{2E3B}
Ruby \u2E3B

How to type "⸻"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 E 3 B. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 E 3 B. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xB8 0xBB
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2E3B
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002E3B

References