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hyphen

punctuation mark used to join words
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hyphen
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Summary

hyphen ranks in the top 0.8% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,951 views/month, #621 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: intra-word punctuation mark[2]
  • Commons category: Hyphens[3]
  • Said to be the same as: -[4], hyphen[5]
  • Unicode character: ‐[6], -[7]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[8]
  • Shape: line segment[9]
  • Hashtag: -[10]
  • Code: -....-[11]
  • Less than: dash[12]

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Influence

Things named for hyphen include Hyphen War[13], a naming dispute[14], in Czechoslovakia[15].

Why It Matters

hyphen has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] hyphen is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for hyphen include Hyphen War[13], a naming dispute[14], in Czechoslovakia[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . itu.int. itu.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [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. 10w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia
    Shape → line segment
    Less than → dash
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: hyphen, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289933702|hyphen (#289933702)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
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