Dash
Dashes can occur in different lengths. As far as they are recognized in this diversity, they are expressed as the following hexadecimal Unicode entities:
Character | Entity | Description |
---|---|---|
- |
U+002D |
hyphen/minus sign (HYPHEN-MINUS ) |
‒ |
U+2012 |
figure dash (FIGURE DASH ) |
– |
U+2013 |
en dash (EN DASH ) |
— |
U+2014 |
em dash (EM DASH ) |
If it is not possible to distinguish the length of the dash, it is transribed as an en dash.