Hyphen-minus

- is the Unicode character “HYPHEN-MINUS” (U+002D). It belongs to the Basic Latin block and was added in Unicode 1.1. Click it to copy, or use the codes below.

- codes

UnicodeCode point U+002D
HTML codeDecimal, works in any HTML page -
HTML hexHexadecimal HTML code -
CSSFor the CSS content property \002D
JavaScriptEscape in JavaScript strings \u002D
PythonEscape in Python strings \u002D
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8 -
UTF-8Bytes in UTF-8 2D
UTF-16Code units in UTF-16 002D

How to type -

Copy and paste

Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.

Windows

Press Win + . to open the emoji and symbol panel, then search for “hyphen-minus”.

In Microsoft Word, type 002D and press Alt + X.

Mac

Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “hyphen-minus”.

iPhone and Android

Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).

HTML and CSS

Unicode U+002D. Every format is on the hyphen-minus page.

About -

Unicode name
HYPHEN-MINUS
Code point
U+002D (45)
Block
Basic Latin
Category
Dash Punctuation
Unicode version
1.1