U+205D · Other punctuation
Tricolon Symbol ⁝
⁝ is tricolon, U+205D. Unicode also records it as “Epidaurean acrophonic symbol three”. It was added in Unicode 4.1, and Unicode files it under Other punctuation.
Also known as
- Epidaurean acrophonic symbol three
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+205D | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ⁝ | |
| HTML decimal | ⁝ | |
| CSS | \205D | |
| JavaScript | \u{205D} | |
| Python | \U0000205D | |
| Java / C# | \u205D | |
| Rust | \u{205d} | |
| Swift | \u{205D} | |
| PHP | \u{205D} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%81%9D | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 81 9D | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 205D | |
| Base64 | 4oGd | |
| Decimal | 8285 | |
| Category | Other punctuation (Po) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 4.1 | |
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 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 205D then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “tricolon” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 205d, 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 ⁝ tricolon symbol?
- On Windows, type 205D and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 205d. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ⁝?
- Tricolon is U+205D. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ⁝?
- Tricolon is filed under Other punctuation in the General Punctuation block, and was introduced in Unicode 4.1. Unicode files this under "other punctuation", the category for marks that are not brackets, dashes or quotes.