Unicode Character "･" (U+FF65)

The character ･ (Halfwidth Katakana Middle Dot) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+FF65. It is encoded in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms 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 Halfwidth Katakana Middle Dot
Unicode Codepoint U+FF65
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Punctuation
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered
Decomposition mapping

U+FF65 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ･
HTML (hex) ･
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %EF%BD%A5
CSS \00FF65
JavaScript, JSON \uFF65
C, C++, Java \uFF65
Python \uFF65
Rust \u{FF65}
Ruby \uFF65

How to type "･"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type F F 6 5. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type F F 6 5. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xEF 0xBD 0xA5
UTF-16 (hex) 0xFF65
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000FF65

References