unicode

U+00AD

SOFT HYPHEN

SOFT HYPHEN · Format · Latin-1 Supplement · Common script

formatinvisibledefault-ignorable

Quick facts

Code point: U+00AD
Decimal: 173
Name: SOFT HYPHEN
General category: Cf — Format
Block: Latin-1 Supplement
Script: Common
Bidi class: BN
Combining class: 0
Age: 1.1
Name aliases: SHY (abbreviation)

Normalization & case

Decomposition: —
Uppercase: —
Lowercase: —
Titlecase: —
Case folding: —
Bidi mirrored: No

Layout & width

East Asian Width: A
Line Break: BA
Numeric: —
Script extensions: —

Binary properties

Default_Ignorable_Code_Point

Developer examples

JS: '\u{ad}' // U+00AD
Python: "\N{SOFT HYPHEN}"
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Encodings & escapes

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Warnings

This character may be invisible or format-only in many fonts and editors.
Default ignorable: renderers may hide this character.

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Block

Latin-1 Supplement

Category

Format

Script

Common

Source

Unicode: 16.0.0
WHATWG: —