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Hyphen

The hyphen ‐ is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation.

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Different from
U+2212 − MINUS SIGN · U+2012 ‒ FIGURE DASH · U+2013 – EN DASH · U+2014 — EM DASH
In Unicode
U+00AD SOFT HYPHEN · U+2010 ‐ HYPHEN · U+2011 ‑ NON-BREAKING HYPHEN

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Etymology

History

Use in English

Use in computing

Use in date notation

Unicode

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Hyphen

Nodes146
Edges145
Triples126
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013699
Components1

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Hyphen

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related to Use in date notation · 20
Hyphen → Anglophone, Asia, Bastille Day, Besides, DIN, Europe, European Standard EN, European Union, Germany, ISO, MS-DOS, North America, Now, OS/2, This, Thus, Unix-like, Use, Windows, Y-M-D
related to External links · 19
Hyphen → Compounding Rules, English, HTML, HyphensUsing, ISO, June, Korpela, L2/03-155R, Markus Kuhn, Office Style Manual, See, SHY, Soft, SOFT HYPHEN, Style Guide, Unicode, Unicode Technical Committee, United States Government Printing, Wiktionary
see also · 14
Hyphen → Concept, Czechoslovakia, De-hyphenation, Dispute, Enhypen, Form, French, Greek, Historic, Hyphens, Papyrological, South Korean, Spelling, War
related to Hyphen-minuses · 12
Hyphen → As Unicode, ASCII, Consequently, Even, HYPHEN-MINUS, In, Lucida Sans Unicode, MINUS SIGN, Nevertheless, The, Unicode, Unicode Standard
related to Use in English · 10
Hyphen → Compounds, English, Hyphens, Internet, Reflecting, Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, Spaces, Style, The, The English
related to Soft and hard hyphens · 8
Hyphen → Although, Cascading Style Sheets, CSS, Current, For, It, Soft, That
related to history · 7
Hyphen → At, Dionysius Thrax, In Greek, Middle Ages, The, This, With
related to "Unicode hyphen" · 5
Hyphen → Because, Even, The Unicode, Unicode, Unicode Standard
related to Nonbreaking hyphens · 5
Hyphen → English, Irish, Romanian, The, This
related to Other uses · 5
Hyphen → Dash, En, It, Ranges, Usage

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Important terminology

used hyphens unicode use also word hyphen-minus words hyphenation style example hyphenated may sometimes minus often soft two one adjective

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HyphenDifferent fromU+2212 − MINUS SIGN1.00infobox
HyphenDifferent fromU+2012 ‒ FIGURE DASH1.00infobox
HyphenDifferent fromU+2013 – EN DASH1.00infobox
HyphenDifferent fromU+2014 — EM DASH1.00infobox
HyphenIn Unicode.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace}U+002D - HYPHEN-MINUS1.00infobox
HyphenIn UnicodeU+00AD SOFT HYPHEN1.00infobox
HyphenIn UnicodeU+2010 ‐ HYPHEN1.00infobox
HyphenIn UnicodeU+2011 ‑ NON-BREAKING HYPHEN1.00infobox
Hyphenis asingle entity0.90text
that of Ah-gwah-chinginstance ofThis somewhat archaic hyphenation style can still be found preserved in some contemporary place names0.80text
Minnesota.JoiningCompound modifiersCompound modifiers are groups of two or more words that jointly modify the meaning of another wordinstance ofThis somewhat archaic hyphenation style can still be found preserved in some contemporary place names0.80text
Minnesotainstance ofThis somewhat archaic hyphenation style can still be found preserved in some contemporary place names0.80text

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