Translingual

Symbol

‒ ‎(English symbol name figure dash)

1. Used to separate digits in telephone numbers.

   My telephone number is 101‒555‒1234.

Usage notes

Don't confuse the figure dash with the following characters:

• – (en dash, to indicate ranges)
• − (minus sign, for subtraction)

See also

• - (hyphen-minus, a catch-all character for various dash and dash-like characters)

Punctuation