SOFT HYPHEN
| Codepoint | U+00AD |
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discretionary hyphen commonly abbreviated as SHY an invisible format character indicating a possible hyphenation location |
| Block | C1 Controls and Latin-1 Supplement (Latin-1 Supplement) |
| Sub-Block | Latin-1 punctuation and symbols |
| Category | Cf / Other, format |
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| Description | A soft hyphen or syllable hyphen, abbreviated SHY, is a code point for the purpose of breaking words across lines by inserting visible hyphens. It serves as an invisible marker used to specify a place in text where a hyphenated break is allowed without forcing a line break in an inconvenient place if the text is re-flowed. It becomes visible only after word wrapping at the end of a line. |
| How to type "" in Windows? | hold alt type + type AD release alt |
| How to type "" in Linux? | hold ctrl+shift type U AD release ctrl+shift |