What ﹣ means
Enter FE63 with a code-point picker that accepts hexadecimal values.
In ordinary prose, filenames, code, and command options, the keyboard's ASCII - is the expected mark unless a format specifically requires ﹣.
NFKC and NFKD compatibility normalization change ﹣ to ASCII -; NFC preserves the compatibility character.
Why does a small mark sit in a fullwidth cell?
It preserves East Asian text layout in a fullwidth cell. The glyph itself is compact; the cell supplies the expected width.
Taiwan's CNS 11643 character-encoding standard was announced as a national standard in 1986. Unicode encoded this compatibility form later; its 1993 entry date records computer encoding, not when the mark first appeared.
Technical, neutral punctuation; it signals a width or encoding choice.
Code that expects ASCII may reject FE63, even when the glyphs look alike.
Part of the collection
What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsIt keeps punctuation in a fullwidth cell; context decides whether it serves as a hyphen or minus.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
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2Does NFKC turn FE63 into a regular hyphen-minus?
Yes. NFKC and NFKD map ﹣ to ASCII -; NFC preserves the original compatibility character.
Why is this hyphen a different width?
﹣ uses a compact glyph in a fullwidth cell. The active font may draw or substitute it differently; the encoded character remains the same.
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How to type or find ﹣
- Search it as
- FE63 input · U+FE63 · small form punctuation · CNS 11643 punctuation · NFKC FE63 · fullwidth hyphen-minus · ASCII hyphen · Unicode compatibility character
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
﹣\FE63Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.