Dotted Cross
Part of Punctuation and Typography Marks
Dotted Cross has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.
- Alt code
- None
- HTML entity
- ⁜
- Unicode
- U+205C
About this symbol
⁜, the dotted cross, was one of the marks medieval scribes drew in the margins to point readers to an important passage.
Unicode facts
- Official name
- DOTTED CROSS
- Type
- Punctuation
- Unicode block
- General Punctuation
- Unicode group
- Archaic punctuation
- Added in
- Unicode 4.1 (2005)
- Unicode notes
- Used by scribes in the margin as highlighter mark
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