Hyphenation point

Meaning and uses

A small raised dot that dictionaries use to split words into syllables. In aesthetic text it is a tiny dot between sparkles, as in ‧₊˚.

Unicode details

‧ is the Unicode character named HYPHENATION POINT, code point U+2027, in the General Punctuation block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as punctuation (general category Po).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type ‧

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 2027 and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ‧.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “hyphenation point”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2027, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ‧. In a CSS content property, use "\2027".