Em Dash vs Hyphen
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Property Comparison
| Property | — 2014 | ‐ 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Em Dash | Hyphen |
| Category | Dashes & Hyphens | Dashes & Hyphens |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| General Category | Dash Punctuation (Pd) | Dash Punctuation (Pd) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | 2014 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode | U+2014 | U+2010 |
| HTML Decimal | — | ‐ |
| HTML Hex | — | ‐ |
| CSS | \2014 | \2010 |
| JavaScript | \u{2014} | \u{2010} |
| Python | \u2014 | \u2010 |
| UTF-8 | e2 80 94 | e2 80 90 |
How to Distinguish
Both Em Dash and Hyphen belong to the Dashes & Hyphens category and the General Punctuation block. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.