Hyphen-minus
| - | |
|---|---|
Hyphen-minus | |
| In Unicode | U+002D - HYPHEN-MINUS |
| Graphical variants | |
| ﹣ | |
| U+FE63 ﹣ SMALL HYPHEN-MINUS | |
| － | |
| U+FF0D － FULLWIDTH HYPHEN-MINUS | |
| Different from | |
| Different from | U+2010 ‐ HYPHEN U+2011 ‑ NON-BREAKING HYPHEN |
The symbol -, known in Unicode as hyphen-minus, is the form of hyphen most commonly used in digital documents. On most keyboards, it is the only character that resembles a minus sign or a dash, so it is also used for these. The name hyphen-minus derives from the original ASCII standard, where it was called hyphen (minus). The character is referred to as a hyphen, a minus sign, or a dash according to the context where it is being used.