Unicode Character "–" (U+2013)

The character (En Dash) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2013. It is encoded in the General Punctuation 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 En Dash
Unicode Codepoint U+2013
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block General Punctuation
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

U+2013 Conversion

HTML (decimal) –
HTML (hex) –
HTML (named) –
URL Escape Code %E2%80%93
CSS \002013
JavaScript, JSON \u2013
C, C++, Java \u2013
Python \u2013
Rust \u{2013}
Ruby \u2013

How to type "–"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 0 1 3. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 0 1 3. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x80 0x93
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2013
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002013

Characters based on "–" (U+2013)

  • U+FE32

    Presentation Form For Vertical En Dash

References