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‒ U+2012, ‒ FIGURE DASH ← ‑ [U+2011] General Punctuation – → [U+2013]

Translingual

Alternative forms

• (poetry): ‒

Symbol

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1. Used to separate digits in telephone numbers.

   My telephone number is 101‒555‒1234.

2. (poetry) Used to mark a long/stressed syllable in a metrical foot or verse: e.g. ⟨⏑‒⟩ iamb, ⟨‒⏑⟩ trochee, ⟨‒‒⟩ spondee.

Usage notes

Don't confuse the figure dash with the following characters:

• – (en dash, to indicate ranges)
• − (minus sign, for subtraction)

See also

• - (hyphen-minus, a catch-all character for various dash and dash-like characters)

Punctuation

• apostrophe ( ' ) ( ’ )
• curly brackets or braces (US) ( { } )
• square brackets or brackets (US) ( [ ] )
• colon ( : )
• comma ( , )
• dashes ( ‒ ) ( – ) ( — ) ( ― )
• ellipsis ( … )
• exclamation mark ( ! )
• fraction slash ( ⁄ )
• guillemets ( « » ) ( ‹ › )
• hyphen ( - ) ( ‐ )
• interpunct ( · )
• interrobang (rare) ( ‽ )
• brackets or parentheses (US, Canada) ( ( ) )
• full stop or period (US, Canada) ( . )
• question mark ( ? )
• quotation marks (formal) ( ‘ ’ ‚ ) ( “ ” „ )
• quotation marks (informal, computing) ( " ) ( ' )
• semicolon ( ; )
• slash or stroke (UK) ( / )
• space ( ] [ )