– Hyphen-Minus
U+002D
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ℹ️ About
The Hyphen-Minus (U+002D) is one of the most overloaded characters in modern computing. It serves three distinct roles: a punctuation hyphen for joining words, a minus sign for arithmetic, and a dash for ranges. It belongs to the “Dash Punctuation” category and acts as a “European Separator” in bidirectional text.
⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with — (Em Dash U+2014) or – (En Dash U+2013).
⚡ Codes
HTML
-
CSS
\002D
Python
\u002D
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