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 732 Wikipedia views per month (delimiter category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • underscore's image is recorded as Low Line in Linux Libertine Mono - U+005F.svg[3].
  • underscore's instance of is recorded as delimiter[4].
  • underscore's instance of is recorded as Unicode character[5].
  • underscore's Commons category is recorded as Underscore[6].
  • underscore's Unicode character is recorded as _[7].
  • underscore's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02f6cc[8].
  • underscore's different from is recorded as ߺ[9].
  • underscore's different from is recorded as ـ[10].
  • underscore's homoglyph is recorded as ˍ[11].
  • underscore's homoglyph is recorded as ̲[12].
  • underscore's homoglyph is recorded as ‗[13].
  • underscore's homoglyph is recorded as ߺ[14].
  • underscore's homoglyph is recorded as ـ[15].
  • underscore's homoglyph is recorded as ◌̱[16].
  • underscore's code is recorded as ..--.-[17].
  • underscore's Unicode code point is recorded as 005F[18].
  • underscore's HTML entity is recorded as _[19].
  • underscore's HTML entity is recorded as _[20].
  • underscore's HTML entity is recorded as _[21].
  • underscore's HTML entity is recorded as _[22].
  • underscore's IBM graphic character global ID is recorded as SP090000[23].
  • underscore's GlyphWiki ID is recorded as u005f[24].
  • underscore's Unicode block is recorded as Basic Latin[25].
  • underscore's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780512567[26].
  • underscore's Namuwiki ID is recorded as _[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include delimiter[4] and Unicode character[5].

Why It Matters

underscore draws 732 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.[28] underscore is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Unicode 13.0. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Unicode 13.0. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Unicode 13.0. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Unicode 13.0. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Unicode 13.0. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . 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] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . html.spec.whatwg.org. html.spec.whatwg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). underscore. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/underscore
MLA “underscore.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/underscore.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_underscore_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{underscore}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/underscore}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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