U+FE58 "﹘" Small Em Dash Unicode Character

U+FE58 "﹘" Small Em Dash is a typographic symbol classified within the Small Form Variants block, designed for vertical text layouts common in East Asian scripts such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. It functions as a shorter version of the standard em dash, which is typically used to indicate a break in thought, a range of values, or a shift in tone within a sentence. This specific small variant allows the dash to fit more harmoniously within vertical writing systems while preserving its semantic role. Unlike the regular em dash, its compact width ensures it aligns properly with other small form punctuation marks in these contexts, though it is rarely used in horizontal Western typography.

General Properties

Code Point	U+FE58
Version Added	1.1
Name	Small Em Dash
Block	Small Form Variants
General Category	Dash Punctuation
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral
Decomposition Type	Small
Decomposition Mapping	"—" U+2014 Em Dash

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	﹘
HTML Hex Encoding	﹘
UTF-8 Encoding	0xEF 0xB9 0x98
UTF-16 Encoding	0xFE58
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0000FE58
C/C++/Java Escape	\ufe58

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Ideographic
East Asian Width	Wide
Changes When NFKC Casefolded	Yes
NFKC Casefold	"—" U+2014 Em Dash
NFKC Simple Casefold	"—" U+2014 Em Dash
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Dash	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	SContinue