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 has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • soft hyphen's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[3].
  • soft hyphen is a type of joining control character[4].
  • soft hyphen is a type of hyphen[5].
  • soft hyphen is used for 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 short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'SHY'}[9].
  • soft hyphen's homoglyph is recorded as ‐[10].
  • soft hyphen's Unicode code point is recorded as 00AD[11].
  • soft hyphen's HTML entity is recorded as ­[12].
  • soft hyphen's HTML entity is recorded as &shy[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 Unicode block is recorded as Latin-1 Supplement[17].
  • soft hyphen's Unicode character name is recorded as SOFT HYPHEN[18].

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Designation and Status

soft hyphen's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[3].

Why It Matters

soft hyphen has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Unicode 13.0. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · MsynBot bot · 2026-07-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → Unicode character
    Has use → syllabification
    Homoglyph → ‐
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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