what is hyphen
The hyphen (â) is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word.The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes (â , â , â , â), which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign (â), which is also longer in some contexts.As an orthographic concept, the hyphen is a single entity.he hyphen should not be confused with dashes (â , â , â , â), which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign (â), which is also longer in some contexts.