Reference mark

Meaning and uses

The reference mark, a cross with four dots, used in Japanese and Chinese text to draw attention to a note. In bios it reads as a small ornament.

Unicode details

※ is the Unicode character named REFERENCE MARK, code point U+203B, 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 203B 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 “reference mark”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 203b, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ※. In a CSS content property, use "\203B".