Punctuation

How to type En dash (–)

Copy the character, or use the shortcut that matches your keyboard and app.

Windows

Hold Alt and type 0150 on the numeric keypad.

Mac

Option + Hyphen

Microsoft Word

Ctrl + Minus (numeric) or 2013 then Alt + X

Google Docs

Insert → Special characters → en dash

How to insert it

Copy

Click the keycap, then paste with Ctrl+V or Cmd+V.

Alt code

Num Lock on, hold Alt, type 0150, release Alt.

Code

Use the Unicode, HTML, CSS, or JS value below in documents and stylesheets.

Unicode
U+2013
HTML decimal
–
HTML hex
–
CSS
\2013
JavaScript
\u{2013}
Alt code
Alt + 0150

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