soft hyphen
soft hyphen (U+00AD): format control character normally invisible, which indicates a break position within a word; if the word break is applied, the character is displayed as a hyphen at end of line before the break
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soft hyphen
Summary
soft hyphen is an Unicode character[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- soft hyphen's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[3].
- soft hyphen's subclass of is recorded as joining control character[4].
- soft hyphen's subclass of is recorded as hyphen[5].
- soft hyphen's has use is recorded as syllabification[6].
- soft hyphen's Commons category is recorded as Soft hyphen[7].
- soft hyphen's Unicode character is recorded as [8].
- soft hyphen's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0gky1bb[9].
- soft hyphen's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SHY'}[10].
- soft hyphen's homoglyph is recorded as ‐[11].
- soft hyphen's icon is recorded as IEC 60417 - Ref-No 6073.svg[12].
- soft hyphen's Unicode code point is recorded as 00AD[13].
- soft hyphen's HTML entity is recorded as [14].
- soft hyphen's HTML entity is recorded as ­[15].
- soft hyphen's HTML entity is recorded as [16].
- soft hyphen's HTML entity is recorded as [17].
- soft hyphen's HTML entity is recorded as [18].
- soft hyphen's Unicode block is recorded as Latin-1 Supplement[19].
- soft hyphen's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2909507071[20].
- soft hyphen's Unicode character name is recorded as SOFT HYPHEN[21].
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Designation and Status
soft hyphen's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[3].
Why It Matters
soft hyphen ranks in the top 9% of unicode_character entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (111 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]