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See also: ‐ [U+2010 HYPHEN], – [U+2013 EN DASH], − [U+2212 MINUS SIGN], — [U+2014 EM DASH], 一 [U+4E00 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E00], and   [U+1680 OGHAM SPACE MARK]

Character	- U+002D, -
Name	HYPHEN-MINUS
Block	Basic Latin
← , [U+002C] [U+002E] . →

Contents

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

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1. The hyphen-minus, a catch-all symbol for certain dash or dash-like characters.
   1. ‐ (hyphen)
   2. − (minus sign)
   3. ‒ (figure dash)
   4. – (en dash)
   5. — (em dash)
   6. ― (horizontal bar)
   7. (chemistry) A single bond.

Usage notesEdit

The multiple uses of this character were a compromise that made sense in the early days of fixed-width typewriters and computer displays, but are not in agreement with proper typesetting. Nonetheless, the usage persists since the hyphen-minus is easy to enter on keyboards, well known, and at the same place in all common character sets.

Derived termsEdit

• ﹣ (small form variant)

See alsoEdit

• Hyphen-minus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Hyphen-minus
• ֊ (Armenian hyphen)

Punctuation

apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ ) braces ( { } ) brackets ( [ ] ) colon ( : ) comma ( , )

dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― ) ellipsis ( … ) exclamation mark ( ! ) fraction slash ( ⁄ ) guillemets ( « » )

hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ ) interpunct ( · ) interrobang (rare) ( ‽ ) parentheses ( ( ) ) period (US) or full stop (UK) ( . )

question mark ( ? ) quotation marks (formal, UK) ( ‘ ’ ) ( “ ” ) quotation marks (informal, US, Computing) ( " ) ( ' )

semicolon ( ; ) slash (US) or stroke (UK) ( / ) space (   )

LetterEdit

The letter T in Morse code.

1. Visual rendering of Morse code for T.

See alsoEdit

Characters in Morse code ^[edit]

.- ‎(A)	-... ‎(B)	-.-. ‎(C)	-.. ‎(D)	. ‎(E)	..-. ‎(F)	--. ‎(G)	.... ‎(H)	.. ‎(I)
.--- ‎(J)	-.- ‎(K)	.-.. ‎(L)	-- ‎(M)	-. ‎(N)	--- ‎(O)	.--. ‎(P)	--.- ‎(Q)	.-. ‎(R)
... ‎(S)	- ‎(T)	..- ‎(U)	...- ‎(V)	.-- ‎(W)	-..- ‎(X)	-.-- ‎(Y)	--.. ‎(Z)	----- ‎(0)
.---- ‎(1)	..--- ‎(2)	...-- ‎(3)	....- ‎(4)	..... ‎(5)	-.... ‎(6)	--... ‎(7)	---.. ‎(8)	----. ‎(9)
.-.-.- ‎(.)	--..-- ‎(,)	..--.. ‎(?)	-.-.-- ‎(!)	---... ‎(:)	-.-.-. ‎(;)	-..-. ‎(/)	-.--. ‎( ( )	-.--.- ‎( ) )
.----. ‎(')	.-..-. ‎(")	-...- ‎(=)	.-.-. ‎(+)	-....- ‎(-)	..--.- ‎(_)	.-... ‎(&)	...-..- ‎($)	.--.-. ‎(@)

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JapaneseEdit

Punctuation markEdit

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1. (rare) A romanization of the ー (long vowel mark).

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