# ― U+2015 HORIZONTAL BAR

Long horizontal dash, also called a quotation dash, used to introduce dialogue or quoted speech, longer than an em dash.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `―` |
| Codepoint | U+2015 |
| Name | HORIZONTAL BAR |
| Also known as | quotation dash |
| Block | [General Punctuation](https://unicodekit.com/block/general-punctuation) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Dash Punctuation (Pd) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `―` `―` |
| CSS | `\2015` |
| JavaScript | `\u2015` |
| UTF-8 | E2 80 95 |
| UTF-16 | 2015 |

## Notes

- long dash introducing quoted text

## Related characters

- — [U+2014 EM DASH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2014)
- ‖ [U+2016 DOUBLE VERTICAL LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2016)
- – [U+2013 EN DASH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2013)
- ‗ [U+2017 DOUBLE LOW LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2017)
- ‒ [U+2012 FIGURE DASH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2012)
- ‘ [U+2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/2018)
- ‑ [U+2011 NON-BREAKING HYPHEN](https://unicodekit.com/char/2011)
- ’ [U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/2019)
- ‐ [U+2010 HYPHEN](https://unicodekit.com/char/2010)
- ‚ [U+201A SINGLE LOW-9 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201A)
- [U+200F RIGHT-TO-LEFT MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/200F)
- ‛ [U+201B SINGLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/201B)

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