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NON-BREAKING HYPHEN

U+2011 Dash Punctuation (Pd) · General Punctuation · Zyyy

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Overview

‑ (NON-BREAKING HYPHEN) is the Unicode character at code point U+2011. It belongs to the General Punctuation block, in the Dash Punctuation (Pd) general category. Its script is Zyyy.

On this page

Encoding Table

Format	Value	Copy
unicode	U+2011
decimal	8209
htmldecimal	‑
htmlhex	‑
css	\2011
javascript	\u{2011}
python	\u2011
java	\u2011
go	\u2011
ruby	\u{2011}
rust	\u{2011}
ccpp	\u2011
urlencoded	%E2%80%91
utf8bytes	e2 80 91
utf16bebytes	20 11
utf32bebytes	00 00 20 11

How to Use

HTML: ‑

CSS: content: "\2011"

JavaScript: "\u{2011}"

Python: "\u2011"

Properties

Block: General Punctuation
Script: Zyyy
Category: Dash Punctuation (Pd)
Bidirectional: ON
Combining: 0
Mirrored: No
Decomposition: <noBreak> 2010

← ‐ U+2010 U+2012 ‒ →

Compare

‑ vs ‐ HYPHEN

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the ‑ character (NON-BREAKING HYPHEN)?

‑ (NON-BREAKING HYPHEN) is the Unicode character U+2011.

What is the Unicode codepoint of NON-BREAKING HYPHEN?

The NON-BREAKING HYPHEN character (‑) has codepoint U+2011.

How do I type or copy NON-BREAKING HYPHEN?

Copy ‑ directly, or use the HTML entity, UTF-8, and code encodings shown on this page.