U+2043 · Other punctuation
HTML entity
⁃
LaTeX
\hyphenbullet
Hyphen Bullet Symbol ⁃
⁃ is hyphen bullet. Write it in HTML as ⁃ or paste the character directly. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other punctuation.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+2043 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ⁃ | |
| HTML decimal | ⁃ | |
| CSS | \2043 | |
| JavaScript | \u{2043} | |
| Python | \U00002043 | |
| Java / C# | \u2043 | |
| Rust | \u{2043} | |
| Swift | \u{2043} | |
| PHP | \u{2043} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%81%83 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 81 83 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 2043 | |
| Base64 | 4oGD | |
| Decimal | 8259 | |
| HTML entity | ⁃ | |
| LaTeX | \hyphenbullet | |
| Category | Other punctuation (Po) | |
| 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.
Other bullet characters
Unicode names 8 characters ending in “bullet”. They differ by direction, weight or decoration rather than by meaning.
Nearby in General Punctuation
The typographic marks that word processors quietly substitute for their ASCII lookalikes — real quotation marks, en and em dashes, the ellipsis. It also holds the invisible characters: zero-width spaces, joiners and directional marks that do work without drawing anything.
How to type ⁃
| Windows | Type 2043 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “hyphen bullet” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2043, press Enter |
| HTML | ⁃ |
About Unicode’s Other punctuation category
Unicode files this under "other punctuation", the category for marks that are not brackets, dashes or quotes.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the ⁃ hyphen bullet symbol?
- On Windows, type 2043 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2043. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ⁃?
- Hyphen Bullet is U+2043, written in HTML as ⁃ and in LaTeX as \hyphenbullet. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ⁃?
- Hyphen Bullet is filed under Other punctuation in the General Punctuation block, and was introduced in Unicode 1.1. Unicode files this under "other punctuation", the category for marks that are not brackets, dashes or quotes.