# ‧ U+2027 HYPHENATION POINT

Raised middle dot marking syllable breaks and hyphenation points in dictionary words.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `‧` |
| Codepoint | U+2027 |
| Name | HYPHENATION POINT |
| Block | [General Punctuation](https://unicodekit.com/block/general-punctuation) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `‧` `‧` |
| CSS | `\2027` |
| JavaScript | `\u2027` |
| UTF-8 | E2 80 A7 |
| UTF-16 | 2027 |

## Notes

- visible symbol used to indicate correct positions for word breaking, as in dic·tion·ar·ies

## Related characters

- … [U+2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/2026)
- [U+2028 LINE SEPARATOR](https://unicodekit.com/char/2028)
- ‥ [U+2025 TWO DOT LEADER](https://unicodekit.com/char/2025)
- [U+2029 PARAGRAPH SEPARATOR](https://unicodekit.com/char/2029)
- ․ [U+2024 ONE DOT LEADER](https://unicodekit.com/char/2024)
- [U+202A LEFT-TO-RIGHT EMBEDDING](https://unicodekit.com/char/202A)
- ‣ [U+2023 TRIANGULAR BULLET](https://unicodekit.com/char/2023)
- [U+202B RIGHT-TO-LEFT EMBEDDING](https://unicodekit.com/char/202B)
- • [U+2022 BULLET](https://unicodekit.com/char/2022)
- [U+202C POP DIRECTIONAL FORMATTING](https://unicodekit.com/char/202C)
- ‡ [U+2021 DOUBLE DAGGER](https://unicodekit.com/char/2021)
- [U+202D LEFT-TO-RIGHT OVERRIDE](https://unicodekit.com/char/202D)

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