hyphen

Summary

hyphen ranks in the top 0.8% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,168 views/month, #621 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• hyphen is a type of intra-word punctuation mark^[2].
• hyphen's Commons category is recorded as Hyphens^[3].
• hyphen's said to be the same as is recorded as -^[4].
• hyphen's said to be the same as is recorded as hyphen^[5].
• hyphen's said to be the same as is recorded as hyphen^[6].
• hyphen's Unicode character is recorded as ‐^[7].
• hyphen's Unicode character is recorded as -^[8].
• hyphen's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[9].
• hyphen's shape is recorded as line segment^[10].
• hyphen's hashtag is recorded as -^[11].
• hyphen's code is recorded as -....-^[12].
• hyphen's less than is recorded as dash^[13].

Body

Definition and Type

hyphen is a type of intra-word punctuation mark^[2].

Influence

Things named for hyphen include Hyphen War^[14], a naming dispute^[15], in Czechoslovakia^[16].

Why It Matters

hyphen ranks in the top 0.8% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,168 views/month, #621 of 77,819).^[1] hyphen has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] hyphen is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]

Entities named for hyphen include Hyphen War^[14], a naming dispute^[15], in Czechoslovakia^[16].