HYPHEN-MINUS vs EM DASH
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Property Comparison
| Property | - U+002D | — U+2014 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | HYPHEN-MINUS | EM DASH |
| Block | Basic Latin | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| Category | Dash Punctuation (Pd) | Dash Punctuation (Pd) |
| Bidirectional | ES | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+002D | U+2014 |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+002D | U+2014 |
| decimal | 45 | 8212 |
| htmldecimal | - | — |
| htmlhex | - | — |
| css | \002D | \2014 |
| javascript | \u{2D} | \u{2014} |
| python | \u002d | \u2014 |
| java | \u002D | \u2014 |
| go | \u002D | \u2014 |
| ruby | \u{2D} | \u{2014} |
| rust | \u{2D} | \u{2014} |
| ccpp | \u002d | \u2014 |
| urlencoded | - | %E2%80%94 |
| utf8bytes | 2d | e2 80 94 |
| utf16bebytes | 00 2d | 20 14 |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 00 2d | 00 00 20 14 |
How to Distinguish
Both characters use the Zyyy script but are in different blocks: HYPHEN-MINUS in Basic Latin and EM DASH in General Punctuation.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.