Soft Hyphen (SHY)
U+00AD
ℹ️ About
The Soft Hyphen (U+00AD) is a non-printing format control character. It serves as an “optional” hyphenation point. Browsers only render this character as a visible hyphen if the word it is contained within needs to be broken across two lines. It is essential for responsive typography and justification.
⚠️ Note: Do not confuse with – (U+002D Hyphen-Minus).
⚡ Codes
HTML Entity
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CSS
\00AD
Python
\u00AD
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