# ⹀ U+2E40 DOUBLE HYPHEN

Hyphen drawn as two parallel short strokes, like a tiny equals sign, used to mark word breaks or joins in some old and scholarly texts.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `⹀` |
| Codepoint | U+2E40 |
| Name | DOUBLE HYPHEN |
| Block | [Supplemental Punctuation](https://unicodekit.com/block/supplemental-punctuation) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Dash Punctuation (Pd) |
| Unicode version | 7.0 |
| HTML | `⹀` `⹀` |
| CSS | `\2E40` |
| JavaScript | `\u2E40` |
| UTF-8 | E2 B9 80 |
| UTF-16 | 2E40 |

## Related characters

- ⸿ [U+2E3F CAPITULUM](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E3F)
- ⹁ [U+2E41 REVERSED COMMA](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E41)
- ⸾ [U+2E3E WIGGLY VERTICAL LINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E3E)
- ⹂ [U+2E42 DOUBLE LOW-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E42)
- ⸽ [U+2E3D VERTICAL SIX DOTS](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E3D)
- ⹃ [U+2E43 DASH WITH LEFT UPTURN](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E43)
- ⸼ [U+2E3C STENOGRAPHIC FULL STOP](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E3C)
- ⹄ [U+2E44 DOUBLE SUSPENSION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E44)
- ⸻ [U+2E3B THREE-EM DASH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E3B)
- ⹅ [U+2E45 INVERTED LOW KAVYKA](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E45)
- ⸺ [U+2E3A TWO-EM DASH](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E3A)
- ⹆ [U+2E46 INVERTED LOW KAVYKA WITH KAVYKA ABOVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/2E46)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/2E40 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/2E40