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U+2E3B, ⸻
THREE-EM DASH

[U+2E3A]
Supplemental Punctuation
[U+2E3C]

Translingual

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Etymology

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

Symbol

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  1. Separates titles, subtitles, chapter numbers, comments, and the body text.
    • 1843, Harvard University, The Symbol and Odd Fellows' Magazine, Volumes 1-2 (in English), Harvard University, page 223:
      Original.

      THE HISTORY OF A FIVE FRANC PIECE.
      BY P. G. L. WYMAN, JR.

      IN TWELVE CHAPTERSCHAPTER II.

      []
      Soon a man of respectable appearance, whom I took for a laborer, came in and []
  2. In a bibliography or reference list, replaces the name of the author when it is the same as the previous entry in the list.
  3. Replaces a word that has been redacted or censored – compare the omission dash .