About Hyphen

The canonical hyphen character used for compound words and word breaks, encoded at U+2010 in the General Punctuation block. Semantically distinct from the hyphen-minus (U+002D).

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Encodings

Unicode	U+2010	Copy
HTML Decimal	‐	Copy
HTML Hex	‐	Copy
CSS	\2010	Copy
JavaScript	\u{2010}	Copy
Python	\u2010	Copy
Java	\u2010	Copy
UTF-8	e2 80 90	Copy
UTF-16	20 10	Copy
URL Encoded	%E2%80%90	Copy

Unicode Properties

Block

General Punctuation

Script

Zyyy

Category

Dash Punctuation (Pd)

Bidirectional

ON

Similar Symbols

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‐ vs — Em Dash ‐ vs – En Dash ‐ vs ― Horizontal Bar ‐ vs ‑ Non-Breaking Hyphen ‐ vs ‒ Figure Dash

Related Symbols

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ‐ Hyphen symbol?

‐ is the Hyphen symbol, encoded at Unicode 2010.

What is the Unicode codepoint of Hyphen?

The Hyphen symbol (‐) has codepoint 2010.

How do I type or copy Hyphen?

Copy ‐ directly, or use the HTML entity, CSS, JavaScript, and Python encodings shown on this page.