U+3013 · Other symbol
Geta Mark Symbol 〓
〓 is geta mark, U+3013, in the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
What Unicode says about 〓
substitute for ideograph not in font
editorial convention to represent ideographic lacuna
— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+3013 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | 〓 | |
| HTML decimal | 〓 | |
| CSS | \3013 | |
| JavaScript | \u{3013} | |
| Python | \U00003013 | |
| Java / C# | \u3013 | |
| Rust | \u{3013} | |
| Swift | \u{3013} | |
| PHP | \u{3013} | |
| URL encoded | %E3%80%93 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E3 80 93 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 3013 | |
| Base64 | 44CT | |
| Decimal | 12307 | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 1.1 | |
Will 〓 survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. Yes. 〓 is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
- Legacy encodings. 〓 is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
- Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Unicode cross-references
The standard points readers of 〓 at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.
Nearby in CJK Symbols and Punctuation
The punctuation Chinese, Japanese and Korean typography needs — the ideographic full stop and comma, corner brackets, the iteration mark, and the wave dash.
How to type 〓
| Windows | Type 3013 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “geta mark” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 3013, press Enter |
| HTML | 〓 |
About Unicode’s Other symbol category
Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the 〓 geta mark symbol?
- On Windows, type 3013 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 3013. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for 〓?
- Geta Mark is U+3013. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is 〓?
- Geta Mark is filed under Other symbol in the CJK Symbols and Punctuation block, and was introduced in Unicode 1.1. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.