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Non-Breaking Hyphen Symbol

Non-Breaking Hyphen Symbol Information

Symbol Name
Non-Breaking Hyphen
Unicode Version
1.1 (June 1993)
Unicode
U+2011
CSS Code
\2011
Hex Code
‑
HTML Code
‑
Symbol

Non-Breaking Hyphen Symbol Encoding

UTF-8
0xE2 0x80 0x91
UTF-16
0x2011
UTF-32
0x00002011

Non-Breaking HyphenSymbol's PNG and SVG files

How to add non-breaking hyphen symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems

You can type the non-breaking hyphen symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:

How to type non-breaking hyphen symbol on Microsoft Word

You can type the non-breaking hyphen in Microsoft Word using steps mentioned below:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol and type 2011
  • Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
  • The original 2011 is now transformed into

How to type non-breaking hyphen symbol on Microsoft Windows

You can type the non-breaking hyphen on Microsoft windows using following steps:

  • Hold Alt and press to type non-breaking hyphen on your windows machine.

How to type non-breaking hyphen symbol on Mac OS

You can type the non-breaking hyphen on Mac OS using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Press Ctrl + ⌘ Command + ⎵ Space to bring up the Character Viewer. Alternatively, choose Edit ⇒ Emoji & Symbols
  • Type "Non-Breaking Hyphen" in the search field at the top and press Enter
  • The symbol should appear. Click on it to insert it into your text
Mac OS Character Viewer
Mac OS Character Viewer

How to type non-breaking hyphen symbol on Linux

You can type the non-breaking hyphen on Linux using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Hold ⇧ Shift + Ctrl and press the letter + U
  • Press keys 2011 consecutively
  • And then press ↵ Enter , the desired symbol will be added to your document

How to type non-breaking hyphen symbol on IOS and Android

The easiest way to type the non-breaking hyphen symbol on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.

How to use non-breaking hyphen in CSS

//CSS Example
1span { 2 content: \2011; 3 }

How to use non-breaking hyphen in HTML

//HTML Example
1<span>&#8209;</span>

Non-Breaking Hyphen symbol representation in programming languages

Non-Breaking Hyphensymbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:

LanguageRepresentation
Rust
\u{2011}
Ruby
\u{2011}
Python
\u2011
PHP
\u{2011}
Perl
\x{2011}
Java
\u2011
Modern JavaScript - Since ES6
\u{2011}
JavaScript
\u2011
Go
\u2011
C#
\u2011
C and C++
\u2011
Bash and Zsh - inside echo -e
\u2011
RFC 5137
\u'2011'