# · U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT

Small centered dot, a midpoint or interpunct used as a separator, raised decimal point, multiplication, Greek ano teleia, and Catalan punt volat.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `·` |
| Codepoint | U+00B7 |
| Name | MIDDLE DOT |
| Also known as | Georgian comma, Greek middle dot (ano teleia), midpoint (in typography) |
| Block | [Latin-1 Supplement](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-1-supplement) |
| Script | Avestan, Carian, Coptic, Duployan, Elbasan, Georgian, Glagolitic, Gothic, Greek, Gunjala_Gondi, Han, Latin, Lydian, Mahajani, Old_Permic, Shavian |
| Category | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `·` `·` |
| CSS | `\B7` |
| JavaScript | `\u00B7` |
| UTF-8 | C2 B7 |
| UTF-16 | 00B7 |

## Notes

- also used as a raised decimal point or to denote multiplication; for multiplication 22C5 is preferred
- used as a vowel length mark (part of words) in many Amerindian orthographies

## Related characters

- ¶ [U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00B6)
- ¸ [U+00B8 CEDILLA](https://unicodekit.com/char/00B8)
- µ [U+00B5 MICRO SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00B5)
- ¹ [U+00B9 SUPERSCRIPT ONE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00B9)
- ´ [U+00B4 ACUTE ACCENT](https://unicodekit.com/char/00B4)
- º [U+00BA MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR](https://unicodekit.com/char/00BA)
- ³ [U+00B3 SUPERSCRIPT THREE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00B3)
- » [U+00BB RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/00BB)
- ² [U+00B2 SUPERSCRIPT TWO](https://unicodekit.com/char/00B2)
- ¼ [U+00BC VULGAR FRACTION ONE QUARTER](https://unicodekit.com/char/00BC)
- ± [U+00B1 PLUS-MINUS SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/00B1)
- ½ [U+00BD VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF](https://unicodekit.com/char/00BD)

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