OBLIQUE HYPHEN character

Name:

OBLIQUE HYPHEN

Hex Number:

U+2E5D

Decimal Number:

11869

HTML Entity (Dec):

⹝

HTML Entity (Hex):

⹝

Alternate Name:

Category:

Pd (Dash Punctuation)

Bidi Class:

ON (Other Neutrals)

Mirrored:

Combining Class:

Unicode Block:

Supplemental Punctuation

Plane:

Plane Code:

BMP

Plane Description:

Basic Multilingual Plane

Plane Range:

0000-FFFF

Character Preview:

⹝

OBLIQUE HYPHEN is a dash or hyphen punctuation mark from the Basic Multilingual Plane.

The bidi class of OBLIQUE HYPHEN is Other Neutrals (Neutral). It belongs to the neutrals. Whitespace and punctuation, which take on the directionality of the surrounding text..

The Other Neutral (ON) bidi class includes characters that do not have a strong directional preference and can appear in any text context without influencing the overall directionality. These characters include punctuation marks, symbols, and various other text elements that do not fit into more specific bidi classes.

Dash Punctuation (Pd) refers to characters that serve as dashes in text. Dashes are used to indicate ranges, interruptions, or separations in text. Examples include the hyphen (-), en dash (–), and em dash (—).

This character belongs to the Supplemental Punctuation block. Supplemental Punctuation is a Unicode block containing historic and specialized punctuation characters, including biblical editorial symbols, ancient Greek punctuation, and German dictionary marks..

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