U2027

U+2027, commonly referred to as the hyphenation point, is a character in the Unicode standard. It is categorized as a punctuation mark (General Punctuation, Po) and carries the official Unicode name Hyphenation Point. The character is intended as a typographic marker indicating permissible hyphenation positions within a word, for use in line breaking and justification systems.

In practice, the hyphenation point functions as a hint to layout engines or typography guidelines rather than as part of the visible text content. It may appear in dictionaries, textbooks, or software that documents hyphenation rules, and it is sometimes used in localization workflows to convey break points. It is not a standard punctuation mark in everyday prose.

Representation and rendering: The glyph for U+2027 varies by font; some fonts render it as a small dot on the baseline, others may not provide a distinct glyph and fallback to a similar symbol such as the interpunct or nothing noticeable. In digital content, it can be encoded with the hexadecimal escape ‧ or the decimal reference ‧ depending on the system.

Adoption: U+2027 is part of the Unicode General Punctuation block and is included to support typographic flexibility; however, it remains relatively uncommon in ordinary text, and many fonts do not display it prominently. It should not be used in ordinary prose without explicit typographic needs.

See also: hyphenation, interpunct, word break, Unicode General Punctuation.