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ハードハイフン (haadohaifun) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ハードハイフン

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Meanings

1

hard hyphen

A hyphen that is always displayed and cannot be used for automatic line breaking, as opposed to a soft hyphen.

このコードでは、ハードハイフンを使つかって単たん語ごを

結けつ

合ごう

し

て

い

ます

。

In this code, hard hyphens are used to join words.

Related words

ソフトハイフン
A soft hyphen is invisible unless a line break occurs at its position; a hard hyphen is always visible and prevents line breaks.

Built from

ハード+ハイフン

Written forms

ハード・ハイフン
- ハードハイフン
  Variant with interpunct; less common but still seen in technical contexts.
- ハード・ハイフン

Etymology

Borrowed from English 'hard hyphen'.