# ⁞ U+205E VERTICAL FOUR DOTS

Four dots stacked vertically, used in dictionaries to mark a legal but undesirable word break.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `⁞` |
| Codepoint | U+205E |
| Name | VERTICAL FOUR DOTS |
| Block | [General Punctuation](https://unicodekit.com/block/general-punctuation) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Other Punctuation (Po) |
| Unicode version | 4.1 |
| HTML | `⁞` `⁞` |
| CSS | `\205E` |
| JavaScript | `\u205E` |
| UTF-8 | E2 81 9E |
| UTF-16 | 205E |

## Notes

- used in dictionaries to indicate legal but undesirable word break
- glyph extends the whole height of the line

## Related characters

- ⁝ [U+205D TRICOLON](https://unicodekit.com/char/205D)
- [U+205F MEDIUM MATHEMATICAL SPACE](https://unicodekit.com/char/205F)
- ⁜ [U+205C DOTTED CROSS](https://unicodekit.com/char/205C)
- [U+2060 WORD JOINER](https://unicodekit.com/char/2060)
- ⁛ [U+205B FOUR DOT MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/205B)
- [U+2061 FUNCTION APPLICATION](https://unicodekit.com/char/2061)
- ⁚ [U+205A TWO DOT PUNCTUATION](https://unicodekit.com/char/205A)
- [U+2062 INVISIBLE TIMES](https://unicodekit.com/char/2062)
- ⁙ [U+2059 FIVE DOT PUNCTUATION](https://unicodekit.com/char/2059)
- [U+2063 INVISIBLE SEPARATOR](https://unicodekit.com/char/2063)
- ⁘ [U+2058 FOUR DOT PUNCTUATION](https://unicodekit.com/char/2058)
- [U+2064 INVISIBLE PLUS](https://unicodekit.com/char/2064)

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