# — U+2014 EM DASH

Em dash, a long dash used to mark a break in thought or set off parenthetical text in pairs.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `—` |
| Codepoint | U+2014 |
| Name | EM DASH |
| Block | [General Punctuation](https://unicodekit.com/block/general-punctuation) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Dash Punctuation (Pd) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `—` `—` |
| CSS | `\2014` |
| JavaScript | `\u2014` |
| UTF-8 | E2 80 94 |
| UTF-16 | 2014 |

## Notes

- may be used in pairs to offset parenthetical text

## Related characters

- – [U+2013 EN DASH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2013)
- ― [U+2015 HORIZONTAL BAR](https://unicodekit.com/char/2015)
- ‒ [U+2012 FIGURE DASH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2012)
- ‖ [U+2016 DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2016)
- ‑ [U+2011 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN](https://unicodekit.com/char/2011)
- ‗ [U+2017 DOUBLE LOW LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2017)
- ‐ [U+2010 HYPHEN](https://unicodekit.com/char/2010)
- ‘ [U+2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/2018)
- [U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/200F)
- ’ [U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/2019)
- [U+200E LEFT-TO-RIGHT MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/200E)
- ‚ [U+201A SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201A)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/2014 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/2014