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Dot Punctuation
The full stop is the most familiar dot in writing, but it is not the same in every script. English uses . (U+002E); Chinese and Japanese use 。 (U+3002); Thai uses ฯ as an abbreviation mark; Khmer uses ។ and ៕; Arabic-script languages use ۔; and Arabic-Indic numerals use ٠ for zero, which looks like a dot.
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Codes for dot punctuation & marks
Every symbol in this category with its Unicode code point and a recommended HTML value. Click the glyph or any chip to copy it.
| Symbol | Name | Unicode | HTML |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full StopBasic Latin | |||
| Ideographic Full StopCJK Symbols and Punctuation | |||
| Halfwidth Ideographic Full StopHalfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | |||
| Small Full StopSmall Form Variants | |||
| Arabic Full StopArabic | |||
| Thai PaiyannoiThai | |||
| Khmer KhanKhmer | |||
| Khmer BariyoosanKhmer | |||
| Devanagari Abbreviation SignDevanagari | |||
| Arabic-Indic ZeroArabic | |||
| Extended Arabic-Indic ZeroArabic | |||
| Ethiopic Full StopEthiopic | |||
| Mongolian Full StopMongolian | |||
| DiaeresisLatin-1 Supplement | |||
| Dot AboveSpacing Modifier Letters | |||
| Half Triangular ColonSpacing Modifier Letters | |||
| Triangular ColonSpacing Modifier Letters |
HTML values are named entities where a common one exists, otherwise decimal numeric references that work in any HTML document.
Using dot punctuation & marks
Unicode also encodes phonetic dot marks such as ˙ (dot above), ¨ (diaeresis) and ː (triangular colon, marking length). These are spacing characters, not combining marks, so they can be copied and pasted on their own.
Use the right full stop for the language you are writing: mixing 。 into English text looks wrong, and a plain . in Chinese text is typographically nonstandard. Click any mark above to copy it; each page lists its code point, HTML entity and keyboard routes.
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- Open a symbol’s page for its Unicode name, HTML entity, CSS and JavaScript escapes, UTF-8 bytes and keyboard routes.
- Use the dot separator builder when you need several items joined on one line.
- Use the bullet list maker when you want a whole list of dot-prefixed lines.
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Punctuation questions
What is the dot at the end of Chinese and Japanese sentences?
It is 。 (U+3002 IDEOGRAPHIC FULL STOP), a hollow circle placed at the baseline. It is used in Chinese and Japanese text where a Western period would be typographically out of place.
What is the Arabic dot punctuation mark?
۔ (U+06D4 ARABIC FULL STOP) is the sentence-ending dot used in Urdu and some other Arabic-script languages. Do not confuse it with ٠ (U+0660), the Arabic-Indic digit zero.
What is the ː symbol?
ː (U+02D0 MODIFIER LETTER TRIANGULAR COLON) is the International Phonetic Alphabet length mark. It follows a vowel to show that the vowel is long, as in /iː/.
How do I type 。 or ۔?
The easiest way is to copy the mark from this page. In Word, type its code point (3002 for 。) and press Alt+X. A Chinese or Japanese input method can also produce 。 directly.