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Middle dot
U+00B7 · Latin-1 Supplement
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Meaning and uses
A small dot at mid-height. It separates words or items more quietly than a bullet, as in Mon · Wed · Fri, and it is part of Catalan spelling.
Unicode details
· is the Unicode character named MIDDLE DOT, code point U+00B7, in the Latin-1 Supplement 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.
| Unicode name | MIDDLE DOT |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+00B7 |
| Block | Latin-1 Supplement |
| Added | Unicode 1.1 (1993) |
| UTF-8 bytes | C2 B7 |
| UTF-16 | 00B7 |
| HTML | · or · |
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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 00B7 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 “middle dot”.
- On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 00b7, then Space or Enter.
- In HTML, use
·or·. In a CSScontentproperty, use"\00B7".