# ⸗ U+2E17 DOUBLE OBLIQUE HYPHEN

Hyphen drawn as two slanted parallel strokes, used in Fraktur and blackletter German text and in ancient Near-Eastern linguistics transliteration.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `⸗` |
| Codepoint | U+2E17 |
| Name | DOUBLE OBLIQUE HYPHEN |
| Block | [Supplemental Punctuation](https://unicodekit.com/block/supplemental-punctuation) |
| Script | Coptic, Latin |
| Category | Dash Punctuation (Pd) |
| Unicode version | 4.1 |
| HTML | `⸗` `⸗` |
| CSS | `\2E17` |
| JavaScript | `\u2E17` |
| UTF-8 | E2 B8 97 |
| UTF-16 | 2E17 |

## Notes

- used in ancient Near-Eastern linguistics
- hyphen in Fraktur text uses 002D or 2010, but with a '2E17' glyph in Fraktur fonts

## Related characters

- ⸖ [U+2E16 DOTTED RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E16)
- ⸘ [U+2E18 INVERTED INTERROBANG](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E18)
- ⸕ [U+2E15 UPWARDS ANCORA](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E15)
- ⸙ [U+2E19 PALM BRANCH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E19)
- ⸔ [U+2E14 DOWNWARDS ANCORA](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E14)
- ⸚ [U+2E1A HYPHEN WITH DIAERESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E1A)
- ⸓ [U+2E13 DOTTED OBELOS](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E13)
- ⸛ [U+2E1B TILDE WITH RING ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E1B)
- ⸒ [U+2E12 HYPODIASTOLE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E12)
- ⸜ [U+2E1C LEFT LOW PARAPHRASE BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E1C)
- ⸑ [U+2E11 REVERSED FORKED PARAGRAPHOS](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E11)
- ⸝ [U+2E1D RIGHT LOW PARAPHRASE BRACKET](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E1D)

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