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HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS
Overview
The horizontal ellipsis (…) is a single character representing three dots, used to mark an omission or a trailing off in speech or thought. It sits at U+2026 in the General Punctuation block, is classified as punctuation, and is written in HTML as …. Preferred in typography over three separate periods because it keeps consistent spacing, it appears in quotations to show elided material and in prose to suggest hesitation or continuation.
On this page
Encoding Table
| Format | Value | Copy |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+2026 | |
| decimal | 8230 | |
| htmldecimal | … | |
| htmlhex | … | |
| css | \2026 | |
| javascript | \u{2026} | |
| python | \u2026 | |
| java | \u2026 | |
| go | \u2026 | |
| ruby | \u{2026} | |
| rust | \u{2026} | |
| ccpp | \u2026 | |
| urlencoded | %E2%80%A6 | |
| utf8bytes | e2 80 a6 | |
| utf16bebytes | 20 26 | |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 20 26 | |
| htmlentity | … |
How to Use
HTML:
…
or
…
CSS:
content: "\2026"
JavaScript:
"\u{2026}"
Python:
"\u2026"
Properties
- Block
- General Punctuation
- Script
- Zyyy
- Category
- Other Punctuation (Po)
- Bidirectional
- ON
- Combining
- 0
- Mirrored
- No
- Decomposition
- <compat> 002E 002E 002E
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the … character (HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS)?
… (HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS) is the Unicode character U+2026.
What is the Unicode codepoint of HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS?
The HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS character (…) has codepoint U+2026.
How do I type or copy HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS?
Copy … directly, or use the HTML entity, UTF-8, and code encodings shown on this page.