HYPHEN vs NON-BREAKING HYPHEN
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Property Comparison
| Property | ‐ U+2010 | ‑ U+2011 |
|---|---|---|
| Name | HYPHEN | NON-BREAKING HYPHEN |
| Block | General Punctuation | General Punctuation |
| Script | Zyyy | Zyyy |
| Category | Dash Punctuation (Pd) | Dash Punctuation (Pd) |
| Bidirectional | ON | ON |
Encoding Comparison
| Format | U+2010 | U+2011 |
|---|---|---|
| unicode | U+2010 | U+2011 |
| decimal | 8208 | 8209 |
| htmldecimal | ‐ | ‑ |
| htmlhex | ‐ | ‑ |
| css | \2010 | \2011 |
| javascript | \u{2010} | \u{2011} |
| python | \u2010 | \u2011 |
| java | \u2010 | \u2011 |
| go | \u2010 | \u2011 |
| ruby | \u{2010} | \u{2011} |
| rust | \u{2010} | \u{2011} |
| ccpp | \u2010 | \u2011 |
| urlencoded | %E2%80%90 | %E2%80%91 |
| utf8bytes | e2 80 90 | e2 80 91 |
| utf16bebytes | 20 10 | 20 11 |
| utf32bebytes | 00 00 20 10 | 00 00 20 11 |
How to Distinguish
Both HYPHEN and NON-BREAKING HYPHEN belong to the General Punctuation block and Zyyy script. Compare their codepoints and visual rendering to distinguish them.
Tip: Paste the character into a hex editor or use
charCodeAt()
in JavaScript to check the actual codepoint.