# : U+003A COLON

Colon, two stacked dots used before lists or explanations, in clock times, ratios and scales, and text smileys.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `:` |
| Codepoint | U+003A |
| Name | COLON |
| Block | [Basic Latin](https://unicodekit.com/block/basic-latin) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `:` `:` |
| CSS | `\3A` |
| JavaScript | `\u003A` |
| UTF-8 | 3A |
| UTF-16 | 003A |

## Notes

- also used to denote division or scale; for that mathematical use 2236 is preferred
- in Finnish and Swedish, also used as intra-word punctation (abbreviation mark)

## Related characters

- 9 [U+0039 DIGIT NINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0039)
- ; [U+003B SEMICOLON](https://unicodekit.com/char/003B)
- 8 [U+0038 DIGIT EIGHT](https://unicodekit.com/char/0038)
- < [U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/003C)
- 7 [U+0037 DIGIT SEVEN](https://unicodekit.com/char/0037)
- = [U+003D EQUALS SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/003D)
- 6 [U+0036 DIGIT SIX](https://unicodekit.com/char/0036)
- > [U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/003E)
- 5 [U+0035 DIGIT FIVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0035)
- ? [U+003F QUESTION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/003F)
- 4 [U+0034 DIGIT FOUR](https://unicodekit.com/char/0034)
- @ [U+0040 COMMERCIAL AT](https://unicodekit.com/char/0040)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/003A · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/003A