underscore

typographic symbol “_” (U+005F), also named “low line”, “underline”, “underbar”, “understrike”, or “underdash”
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underscore

Summary

underscore is a delimiter[1]. underscore draws 3,123 Wikipedia views per month (delimiter category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • underscore's instance of is recorded as delimiter[3].
  • underscore's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[4].
  • underscore's Commons category is recorded as Underscore[5].
  • underscore's Unicode character is recorded as _[6].
  • underscore's different from is recorded as ߺ[7].
  • underscore's different from is recorded as ـ[8].
  • underscore's homoglyph is recorded as ˍ[9].
  • underscore's homoglyph is recorded as ̲[10].
  • underscore's homoglyph is recorded as ‗[11].
  • underscore's homoglyph is recorded as ߺ[12].
  • underscore's homoglyph is recorded as ـ[13].
  • underscore's homoglyph is recorded as ◌̱[14].
  • underscore's code is recorded as ..--.-[15].
  • underscore's Unicode code point is recorded as 005F[16].
  • underscore's HTML entity is recorded as _[17].
  • underscore's HTML entity is recorded as _[18].
  • underscore's HTML entity is recorded as _[19].
  • underscore's HTML entity is recorded as _[20].
  • underscore's Unicode block is recorded as Basic Latin[21].
  • underscore's Unicode character name is recorded as LOW LINE[22].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include delimiter[3] and Unicode character[4].

Why It Matters

underscore draws 3,123 Wikipedia views per month (delimiter category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] underscore has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] underscore is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] ↑ . Unicode 13.0. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Unicode 13.0. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Unicode 13.0. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Unicode 13.0. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Unicode 13.0. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · ~2026-45382-93 · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Unicode character → _
    Unicode code point → 005F
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P487]]: _"
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