Unicode Character "־" (U+05BE)

The character ־ (Hebrew Punctuation Maqaf) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+05BE. It is encoded in the Hebrew block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ־.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Hebrew Punctuation Maqaf
Unicode Codepoint U+05BE
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Hebrew
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Right To Left (R)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Dash Punctuation
Script Hebrew
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+05BE Conversion

HTML (decimal) ־
HTML (hex) ־
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %D6%BE
CSS \0005BE
JavaScript, JSON \u05BE
C, C++, Java \u05BE
Python \u05BE
Rust \u{05BE}
Ruby \u05BE

How to type "־"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 5 B E. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 5 B E. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ־
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ־
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ־
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xD6 0xBE
UTF-16 (hex) 0x05BE
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000005BE

References