Unicode Character "—" U+2014 Em Dash

Unicode Version 15.1

Summary

The unicode character "—" at code point U+2014 is Em Dash. It is a character in the General Punctuation block and is part of the Common script. The character is a dash punctuation. The UTF-8 encoding of "—" is 0xE2 0x80 0x94 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x2014.

General Properties

Code Point U+2014
Version Added 1.1
Name Em Dash
Block General Punctuation
General Category Dash Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Entity —
HTML Decimal Encoding —
HTML Hex Encoding —
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x80 0x94
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2014
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002014
C/C++/Java Escape \u2014

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Break Opportunity Before and After
East Asian Width Ambiguous
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Consonant Placeholder
Pattern Syntax Yes
Dash Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break SContinue