Supplemental Punctuation

New Testament editorial symbols
`2E00`	⸀	Right Angle Substitution Marker
		→	`231C` ⌜ top left corner
`2E01`	⸁	Right Angle Dotted Substitution Marker
`2E02`	⸂	Left Substitution Bracket
`2E03`	⸃	Right Substitution Bracket
`2E04`	⸄	Left Dotted Substitution Bracket
`2E05`	⸅	Right Dotted Substitution Bracket
`2E06`	⸆	Raised Interpolation Marker
		→	`22A4` ⊤ down tack
`2E07`	⸇	Raised Dotted Interpolation Marker
`2E08`	⸈	Dotted Transposition Marker
`2E09`	⸉	Left Transposition Bracket
`2E0A`	⸊	Right Transposition Bracket
`2E0B`	⸋	Raised Square
		•	used as an opening raised omission bracket
`2E0C`	⸌	Left Raised Omission Bracket
		•	used as an opening or closing raised omission bracket
`2E0D`	⸍	Right Raised Omission Bracket
		•	used as a closing or opening raised omission bracket
Ancient Greek textual symbols
`2E0E`	⸎	Editorial Coronis
		→	`1FBD` ᾽ greek koronis
`2E0F`	⸏	Paragraphos
`2E10`	⸐	Forked Paragraphos
`2E11`	⸑	Reversed Forked Paragraphos
`2E12`	⸒	Hypodiastole
		=	ypodiastoli
`2E13`	⸓	Dotted Obelos
		•	glyph variants may look like '`00F7` ÷' or '`2238` ∸'
		→	`2052` ⁒ commercial minus sign
`2E14`	⸔	Downwards Ancora
		•	contrary to its formal name this symbol points upwards
`2E15`	⸕	Upwards Ancora
		•	contrary to its formal name this symbol points downwards
`2E16`	⸖	Dotted Right-Pointing Angle
		=	diple periestigmene
Ancient Near-Eastern linguistic symbol
`2E17`	⸗	Double Oblique Hyphen
		•	used in ancient Near-Eastern linguistics
		•	hyphen in Fraktur text uses `002D` - or `2010` ‐, but with a '`2E17` ⸗' glyph in Fraktur fonts
		→	`002D` - hyphen-minus
		→	`003D` = equals sign
		→	`2010` ‐ hyphen
		→	`2E40` ⹀ double hyphen
		→	`2E5D` ⹝ oblique hyphen
General punctuation
`2E18`	⸘	Inverted Interrobang
		=	gnaborretni
		→	`203D` ‽ interrobang
`2E19`	⸙	Palm Branch
		•	used as a separator
Dictionary punctuation
These punctuation marks are used mostly in German dictionaries, to indicate umlaut or case changes with abbreviated stems.
`2E1A`	⸚	Hyphen With Diaeresis
		•	indicates umlaut of the stem vowel of a plural form
`2E1B`	⸛	Tilde With Ring Above
		•	indicates change in case for derived form
Brackets
`2E1C`	⸜	Left Low Paraphrase Bracket
`2E1D`	⸝	Right Low Paraphrase Bracket
		•	used in N'Ko
Dictionary punctuation
`2E1E`	⸞	Tilde With Dot Above
		•	indicates derived form changes to uppercase
`2E1F`	⸟	Tilde With Dot Below
		•	indicates derived form changes to lowercase
Brackets
`2E20`	⸠	Left Vertical Bar With Quill
		→	`2045` ⁅ left square bracket with quill
`2E21`	⸡	Right Vertical Bar With Quill
Half brackets
These form a set of four corner brackets and are used editorially. They are distinguished from mathematical floor and ceiling characters. Occasionally quine corners are substituted for half brackets.
`2E22`	⸢	Top Left Half Bracket
		→	`2308` ⌈ left ceiling
		→	`231C` ⌜ top left corner
		→	`300C` 「 left corner bracket
`2E23`	⸣	Top Right Half Bracket
`2E24`	⸤	Bottom Left Half Bracket
`2E25`	⸥	Bottom Right Half Bracket
Brackets
`2E26`	⸦	Left Sideways U Bracket
		→	`2282` ⊂ subset of
`2E27`	⸧	Right Sideways U Bracket
		→	`2283` ⊃ superset of
`2E28`	⸨	Left Double Parenthesis
		→	`2985` ⦅ left white parenthesis
		→	`FF5F` ｟ fullwidth left white parenthesis
`2E29`	⸩	Right Double Parenthesis
Historic punctuation
See also historic punctuation with multiple dots in the range 2058-205E.
`2E2A`	⸪	Two Dots Over One Dot Punctuation
`2E2B`	⸫	One Dot Over Two Dots Punctuation
`2E2C`	⸬	Squared Four Dot Punctuation
`2E2D`	⸭	Five Dot Mark
`2E2E`	⸮	Reversed Question Mark
		=	punctus percontativus
		→	`003F` ? question mark
		→	`00BF` ¿ inverted question mark
		→	`061F` ‎؟‎ arabic question mark
`2E2F`	ⸯ	Vertical Tilde
		•	used for Cyrillic yerik
		→	`033E` ◌̾ combining vertical tilde
		→	`A67F` ꙿ cyrillic payerok
`2E30`	⸰	Ring Point
		•	used in Avestan
		→	`2218` ∘ ring operator
		→	`25E6` ◦ white bullet
`2E31`	⸱	Word Separator Middle Dot
		•	used in Avestan, Samaritan, ...
		→	`00B7` · middle dot
Palaeotype transliteration symbol
`2E32`	⸲	Turned Comma
		•	indicates nasalization
		→	`060C` ، arabic comma
Historic punctuation
`2E33`	⸳	Raised Dot
		•	glyph position intermediate between `002E` . and `00B7` ·
		→	`002E` . full stop
		→	`00B7` · middle dot
`2E34`	⸴	Raised Comma
		→	`002C` , comma
Palaeotype transliteration symbols
`2E35`	⸵	Turned Semicolon
		•	indicates sudden glottal closure
		→	`061B` ‎؛‎ arabic semicolon
`2E36`	⸶	Dagger With Left Guard
		•	indicates retracted pronunciation
`2E37`	⸷	Dagger With Right Guard
		•	indicates advanced pronunciation
`2E38`	⸸	Turned Dagger
		•	indicates retroflex pronunciation
		→	`2020` † dagger
`2E39`	⸹	Top Half Section Sign
		•	indicates pronunciation on one side of the mouth only
		→	`00A7` § section sign
Dashes
These long dashes are shown in the code charts inside dashed square boxes because of their width. In production fonts they would simply display as extra-wide dashes.
`2E3A`	⸺	Two-Em Dash
		=	omission dash
		•	may be used in Chinese for abrupt change of thought, inserting new content, or continuation of tone or sound
		→	`2014` — em dash
`2E3B`	⸻	Three-Em Dash
Alternate forms of punctuation
`2E3C`	⸼	Stenographic Full Stop
		•	used in shorthands and stenographies
		→	`002E` . full stop
		→	`166E` ᙮ canadian syllabics full stop
`2E3D`	⸽	Vertical Six Dots
		→	`205E` ⁞ vertical four dots
		→	`2999` ⦙ dotted fence
`2E3E`	⸾	Wiggly Vertical Line
		→	`2307` ⌇ wavy line
		→	`299A` ⦚ vertical zigzag line
Historic punctuation
`2E3F`	⸿	Capitulum
		•	ancestor of the pilcrow sign
		→	`00B6` ¶ pilcrow sign
Double hyphen
The double hyphen is used in transcription of old German manuscripts, and occasionally as a non-standard punctuation mark. It is not intended for the representation of normal hyphens, whose doubled forms in Fraktur text are considered glyphic variants.
`2E40`	⹀	Double Hyphen
		→	`003D` = equals sign
		→	`2010` ‐ hyphen
		→	`2E17` ⸗ double oblique hyphen
		→	`30A0` ゠ katakana-hiragana double hyphen
		→	`A78A` ꞊ modifier letter short equals sign
Reversed punctuation
`2E41`	⹁	Reversed Comma
		•	Old Hungarian
		•	used occasionally in Sindhi when Sindhi is written in the Arabic script
		→	`002C` , comma
		→	`060C` ، arabic comma
`2E42`	⹂	Double Low-Reversed-9 Quotation Mark
		→	`201E` „ double low-9 quotation mark
Miscellaneous punctuation
`2E43`	⹃	Dash With Left Upturn
		•	functions as a paragraphos in some Slavonic texts
		→	`2E0F` ⸏ paragraphos
`2E44`	⹄	Double Suspension Mark
		•	indicates omission of letters in a word on some Byzantine Greek seals and coins
		→	`0374` ʹ greek numeral sign
Typicon punctuation
`2E45`	⹅	Inverted Low Kavyka
`2E46`	⹆	Inverted Low Kavyka With Kavyka Above
		→	`2A46` ⩆ union above intersection
		→	`AB5B` ꭛ modifier breve with inverted breve
`2E47`	⹇	Low Kavyka
		→	`A67E` ꙾ cyrillic kavyka
`2E48`	⹈	Low Kavyka With Dot
`2E49`	⹉	Double Stacked Comma
Historic punctuation
`2E4A`	⹊	Dotted Solidus
		=	virgula suspensiva
		•	indicates a medial disjunction more than solidus but less than punctus elevatus
`2E4B`	⹋	Triple Dagger
		→	`2020` † dagger
		→	`2021` ‡ double dagger
`2E4C`	⹌	Medieval Comma
		•	indicates a minor medial pause or disjunction of sense
`2E4D`	⹍	Paragraphus Mark
		•	indicates the beginning of a paragraph, section, stanza, or proposition
		→	`00B6` ¶ pilcrow sign
		→	`204B` ⁋ reversed pilcrow sign
		→	`2E0F` ⸏ paragraphos
		→	`2E3F` ⸿ capitulum
`2E4E`	⹎	Punctus Elevatus Mark
* This mark indicates a major intermediate pause where the sensus is complete but the sentence is not; this is similar in some regards to the modern use of a semicolon.
`2E4F`	⹏	Cornish Verse Divider
`2E50`	⹐	Cross Patty With Right Crossbar
		→	`2720` ✠ maltese cross
		→	`2C75` Ⱶ latin capital letter half h
`2E51`	⹑	Cross Patty With Left Crossbar
		→	`A7F5` Ꟶ latin capital letter reversed half h
`2E52`	⹒	Tironian Sign Capital Et
		→	`204A` ⁊ tironian sign et
`2E53`	⹓	Medieval Exclamation Mark
`2E54`	⹔	Medieval Question Mark
Brackets
These brackets indicate ellipsis in certain conventions for Japanese transliteration.
`2E55`	⹕	Left Square Bracket With Stroke
		•	optional ellipsis
		→	`2045` ⁅ left square bracket with quill
`2E56`	⹖	Right Square Bracket With Stroke
`2E57`	⹗	Left Square Bracket With Double Stroke
		•	obligatory ellipsis
`2E58`	⹘	Right Square Bracket With Double Stroke
Parentheses top and bottom halves
These are used in pairs in extended IPA to indicate dubious phonemes or questionable presence of a sound.
`2E59`	⹙	Top Half Left Parenthesis
`2E5A`	⹚	Top Half Right Parenthesis
`2E5B`	⹛	Bottom Half Left Parenthesis
`2E5C`	⹜	Bottom Half Right Parenthesis
Oblique hyphen
The oblique hyphen is historic punctuation seen in some medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. In some modern lexicography an oblique hyphen is used distinctly to indicate hyphenation which is retained when a word is not broken at a line boundary.
`2E5D`	⹝	Oblique Hyphen
		→	`2010` ‐ hyphen
		→	`2E17` ⸗ double oblique hyphen

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Supplemental Punctuation

New Testament editorial symbols

Ancient Greek textual symbols

Ancient Near-Eastern linguistic symbol

General punctuation

Dictionary punctuation

Brackets

Dictionary punctuation

Brackets

Half brackets

Brackets

Historic punctuation

Palaeotype transliteration symbol

Historic punctuation

Palaeotype transliteration symbols

Dashes

Alternate forms of punctuation

Historic punctuation

Double hyphen

Reversed punctuation

Miscellaneous punctuation

Typicon punctuation

Historic punctuation

Brackets

Parentheses top and bottom halves

Oblique hyphen