־ is the Unicode character HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF, code point U+05BE (decimal 1470) in the Hebrew block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ־, and in UTF-8 it is the 2 bytes D6 BE.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+05BE |
| Decimal | 1470 |
| UTF-8 bytes | D6 BE |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 05BE |
| UTF-32 | 000005BE |
| HTML decimal | ־ |
| HTML hex | ־ |
| CSS | \5BE |
| JavaScript | \u05BE |
| JSON | \u05BE |
| Python | \u05BE |
| Python by name | \N{HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF} |
| Java, C# | \u05BE |
| Rust, Swift | \u{5BE} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u05BE |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %D6%BE |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | HEBREW PUNCTUATION MAQAF |
| Code point | U+05BE (decimal 1470) |
| Block | Hebrew (U+0590–U+05FF) |
| General category | Pd: Dash punctuation |
| Script | Hebrew |
| Bidirectional class | R: Right-to-left |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Hebrew
- U+05B6 Hebrew Point Segol
- U+05B7 Hebrew Point Patah
- U+05B8 Hebrew Point Qamats
- U+05B9 Hebrew Point Holam
- U+05BA Hebrew Point Holam Haser For Vav
- U+05BB Hebrew Point Qubuts
- U+05BC Hebrew Point Dagesh Or Mapiq
- U+05BD Hebrew Point Meteg
- U+05BF Hebrew Point Rafe
- ׀ U+05C0 Hebrew Punctuation Paseq
- U+05C1 Hebrew Point Shin Dot
- U+05C2 Hebrew Point Sin Dot
- ׃ U+05C3 Hebrew Punctuation Sof Pasuq
- U+05C4 Hebrew Mark Upper Dot
- U+05C5 Hebrew Mark Lower Dot
- ׆ U+05C6 Hebrew Punctuation Nun Hafukha
All 90 characters: Hebrew.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ־?
- Use ־ (decimal) or ־ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+05BE?
- D6 BE (hex), 2 bytes. In a URL it is %D6%BE.
- How do I write U+05BE in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u05BE. Python: \u05BE.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
Legal entity
Devansh Yadav
Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Governing law: Courts at Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Phone: +91 8433475698
Legal: legal@analyzeit.in