En dash

Meaning and uses

The en dash, a medium dash used for ranges such as 9–5 or pages 10–12, and for connections like the London–Paris train.

Unicode details

– is the Unicode character named EN DASH, code point U+2013, 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 2013 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 “en dash”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2013, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use – or –. In a CSS content property, use "\2013".