Katakana middle dot

Meaning and uses

A wide middle dot from Japanese text, where it separates words in foreign names. Its extra space on both sides makes it a favourite at the start of Discord channel names, as in ・general.

Unicode details

・ is the Unicode character named KATAKANA MIDDLE DOT, code point U+30FB, in the Katakana 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 30FB 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 “katakana middle dot”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 30fb, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ・. In a CSS content property, use "\30FB".