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Dash Punctuation
U+2014
Unicode 16.0
EM DASH
Official Unicode character in the General Punctuation block. Use the copy buttons or follow the platform-specific instructions below to type this character.
How to Type the EM DASH (—)
Windows Instructions
Hold Alt + type 0151 on NumPad
Num Lock must be turned on. Numbers must be typed on the physical numeric keypad on the right.
macOS (Apple) Instructions
Press Option + Shift + -
Standard macOS mnemonic Option key shortcut compatible with US and International Mac keyboards.
Technical Specifications & Encoding Details
| Unicode Codepoint | U+2014 |
| Decimal Value | 8212 |
| Hexadecimal Value | 0x2014 |
| UTF-8 Bytes | 0xE2 0x80 0x94 |
| HTML Named Entity | — |
| HTML Decimal Entity | — |
| HTML Hex Entity | — |
| General Category | Dash Punctuation (Pd) |
| Unicode Block | General Punctuation |
| Script | Common |