# ⁚ U+205A TWO DOT PUNCTUATION

Two vertically spaced dots like a tall colon, historically marking a sentence end or change of speaker.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `⁚` |
| Codepoint | U+205A |
| Name | TWO DOT PUNCTUATION |
| Block | [General Punctuation](https://unicodekit.com/block/general-punctuation) |
| Script | Carian, Georgian, Glagolitic, Lycian, Old_Hungarian, Old_Turkic |
| Category | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Unicode version | 4.1 |
| HTML | `⁚` `⁚` |
| CSS | `\205A` |
| JavaScript | `\u205A` |
| UTF-8 | E2 81 9A |
| UTF-16 | 205A |

## Notes

- historically used to indicate the end of a sentence or change of speaker
- extends from baseline to cap height

## Related characters

- ⁙ [U+2059 FIVE DOT PUNCTUATION](https://unicodekit.com/char/2059)
- ⁛ [U+205B FOUR DOT MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/205B)
- ⁘ [U+2058 FOUR DOT PUNCTUATION](https://unicodekit.com/char/2058)
- ⁜ [U+205C DOTTED CROSS](https://unicodekit.com/char/205C)
- ⁗ [U+2057 QUADRUPLE PRIME](https://unicodekit.com/char/2057)
- ⁝ [U+205D TRICOLON](https://unicodekit.com/char/205D)
- ⁖ [U+2056 THREE DOT PUNCTUATION](https://unicodekit.com/char/2056)
- ⁞ [U+205E VERTICAL FOUR DOTS](https://unicodekit.com/char/205E)
- ⁕ [U+2055 FLOWER PUNCTUATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/2055)
- [U+205F MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/205F)
- ⁔ [U+2054 INVERTED UNDERTIE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2054)
- [U+2060 WORD JOINER](https://unicodekit.com/char/2060)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/205A · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/205A