⸻

⸻ U+2E3B, ⸻
THREE-EM DASH
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[U+2E3A] 		Supplemental Punctuation ⸼ →
[U+2E3C]

Translingual

Etymology

A dash three ems in width. Compare the em dash (—), which is a single em in width.

Symbol

⸻

  1. Separates titles, subtitles, chapter numbers, comments, and the body text.
    • 1843, Harvard University, The Symbol and Odd Fellows' Magazine, Volumes 1-2, Harvard University, page 223:
      Original.
      ⸻
      THE HISTORY OF A FIVE FRANC PIECE.
      BY P. G. L. WYMAN, JR.
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      IN TWELVE CHAPTERS⸻CHAPTER II.
      ⸻
      […]
      Soon a man of respectable appearance, whom I took for a laborer, came in and […]
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