Em dash

Meaning and uses

The em dash, the long dash used to set off a phrase or mark a sudden break in a sentence. It is about as wide as the letter M.

Unicode details

— is the Unicode character named EM DASH, code point U+2014, in the General Punctuation block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a dash (general category Pd).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type —

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 2014 and then press Alt+X to turn the code into —.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “em dash”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2014, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use — or —. In a CSS content property, use "\2014".