word joiner

word joiner (U+2060), commonly abbreviated “WJ”: joining control character, similar to the non-breaking space
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word joiner

Summary

word joiner is an Unicode character[1]. It draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (unicode_character category, ranking #50 of 359).[2]

Key Facts

  • word joiner's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[3].
  • word joiner is a type of joining control character[4].
  • word joiner is a type of zero-width space[5].
  • word joiner is a type of non-breaking space[6].
  • word joiner's Commons category is recorded as Word joiner[7].
  • word joiner's replaces is recorded as byte order mark[8].
  • word joiner's different from is recorded as byte order mark[9].
  • word joiner's different from is recorded as zero-width joiner[10].
  • word joiner's Unicode code point is recorded as 2060[11].
  • word joiner's HTML entity is recorded as ⁠[12].
  • word joiner's HTML entity is recorded as ⁠[13].
  • word joiner's HTML entity is recorded as ⁠[14].
  • word joiner's Unicode block is recorded as General Punctuation[15].
  • word joiner's Unicode character name is recorded as WORD JOINER[16].

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Designation and Status

word joiner's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[3].

Why It Matters

word joiner draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (unicode_character category, ranking #50 of 359).[2] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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] ↑ . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 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. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Ewpa · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Unicode character → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en', 'ja', 'jbo', 'ko', 'zh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P487]]: ⁠"
  2. 13d ago · Ewpa · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → IEC 60417 - Ref-No 6077-3.svg, U+2060 WORD JOINER.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P18]]: U+2060 WORD JOINER.svg"
  3. 16w ago · Verdy p · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Instance of → Unicode character
    Unicode block → General Punctuation
    Different from → byte order mark, zero-width joiner
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1365]]: [[Q1018724]]"
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