: Colon
U+003A
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ℹ️ About
The Colon (U+003A) is a fundamental punctuation mark in the Unicode standard, classified under the Basic Latin block. Technical specs define it as a “Common Separator” (CS) in bidirectional class, essential for data formats (like IPv6 addresses and JSON keys), time representation (HH:MM), and programming syntax (labels or conditional operators). It has been standard since version 1.1.
⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with ∶ (U+2236 Ratio Symbol) or ﹕ (U+FE55 Small Colon).
⚡ Codes
HTML
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CSS
\003A
Python
\u003A
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