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Technical information

Symbol	·
Name	Middle dot
Unicode number	U+00B7
Category	Latin-1 Supplement 2. Latin-1 punctuation and symbols

Description

The Unicode character ·, or U+00B7, is known as the "Middle Dot". It belongs to the "Latin-1 Supplement" block, which is a collection of characters used to extend the original ASCII character set for use with Western languages. The character is categorized under "Punctuation, Other". Visually, it represents a small, round dot positioned at the middle vertical alignment. The middle dot is used in various contexts in different languages and disciplines. For example, in the Catalan language, it's used to separate two 'l' characters in a row (l·l), effectively marking a geminated or double consonant. It's also used in mathematics to represent multiplication when the usual multiplication symbol (×) might cause confusion. In other contexts, it may be used as a bullet point for short, inline lists. The specific usage and meaning can vary greatly depending on context.

Encoding

HTML Entity	·
HTML Entity (hex)	·
HTML Entity (named)	·
URL Escape Code	%C2%B7
UTF-8 (hex)	0xC2 0xB7
UTF-8 (binary)	1100001010110111
UTF-16	0x00B7
UTF-32	0x000000B7

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u00B7"
CSS Code	\00B7
JavaScript	"\u00B7"
Perl	\x{00B7}
Python 2	u"\u00B7"
Python 3	\u00B7
Ruby	\u{00B7}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this · in sentence and in bold like this · and in italic like this ·.

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input

disabled input

input-group

select

button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#183;</span>

span {
    content: "\00B7";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system

Apple Color Emoji

Arial

BlinkMacSystemFont

Courier New

Georgia

Droid Sans

Helvetica

Noto Sans

Oxygen

Roboto

"Segoe UI"

sans-serif

Segoe UI Emoji

Segoe UI Symbol

system-ui

Times New Roman

Ubuntu

Verdana

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