U+2024 · Other punctuation
One Dot Leader Symbol ․
․ is one dot leader, U+2024. Unicode records it as a compatibility form of . (compat form). It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other punctuation.
What Unicode says about ․
also used as an Armenian semicolon (mijaket)
— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ․ | |
| HTML decimal | ․ | |
| CSS | \2024 | |
| JavaScript | \u{2024} | |
| Python | \U00002024 | |
| Java / C# | \u2024 | |
| Rust | \u{2024} | |
| Swift | \u{2024} | |
| PHP | \u{2024} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%80%A4 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 80 A4 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 2024 | |
| Base64 | 4oCk | |
| Decimal | 8228 | |
| Decomposes to | . (compat form) | |
| Category | Other punctuation (Po) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 1.1 | |
Will ․ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. No. Anything that applies NFKC — search indexes, usernames, domain names, programming identifiers — rewrites ․ as
.. Safe for display, not for storage. - 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 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 2024 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “one dot leader” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2024, 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 ․ one dot leader symbol?
- On Windows, type 2024 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2024. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ․?
- One Dot Leader is U+2024. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- Will ․ survive being pasted anywhere?
- Not always. One Dot Leader is a compatibility character: any system that applies Unicode NFKC normalisation — search indexes, usernames, identifiers — replaces it with .. Use it for display, not where text is normalised.