U+FE31 PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL EM DASH

The Unicode character U+FE31, officially named PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL EM DASH, was introduced in Unicode version 1.1. It is part of the CJK Compat Forms block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual plane. Previously, it was also referred to as GLYPH FOR VERTICAL EM DASH.

Categorized technically as a Dash Punctuation, this character typically falls under the Common script. In terms of text layout and rendering, the glyph is Unknown and has wide in East Asian typography. When placed in bidirectional text, it behaves as an Other Neutral character. Its visual representation remains not mirrored regardless of the reading direction.