MIDDLE DOT

U+00B7 Other Punctuation (Po) · Latin-1 Supplement · Zyyy

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Overview

· (MIDDLE DOT) is the Unicode character at code point U+00B7. It belongs to the Latin-1 Supplement block, in the Other Punctuation (Po) general category. Its script is Zyyy.

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Encoding Table

Format	Value	Copy
unicode	U+00B7
decimal	183
htmldecimal	·
htmlhex	·
css	\00B7
javascript	\u{B7}
python	\u00b7
java	\u00B7
go	\u00B7
ruby	\u{B7}
rust	\u{B7}
ccpp	\u00b7
urlencoded	%C2%B7
utf8bytes	c2 b7
utf16bebytes	00 b7
utf32bebytes	00 00 00 b7
htmlentity	·

How to Use

HTML: · or ·

CSS: content: "\00B7"

JavaScript: "\u{B7}"

Python: "\u00b7"

Properties

Block: Latin-1 Supplement
Script: Zyyy
Category: Other Punctuation (Po)
Bidirectional: ON
Combining: 0
Mirrored: No

← ¶ U+00B6 U+00B8 ¸ →

Compare

· vs • BULLET · vs ∙ BULLET OPERATOR

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the · character (MIDDLE DOT)?

· (MIDDLE DOT) is the Unicode character U+00B7.

What is the Unicode codepoint of MIDDLE DOT?

The MIDDLE DOT character (·) has codepoint U+00B7.

How do I type or copy MIDDLE DOT?

Copy · directly, or use the HTML entity, UTF-8, and code encodings shown on this page.