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‌ U+200C, ‌
ZERO WIDTH NON-JOINER
(Abbreviation: ZWNJ)
←
[U+200B] 		General Punctuation →
[U+200D]

Translingual

Symbol

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  1. a non-printing digital character that prevents the formation of ligatures.

Usage notes

As an example, the German word Brotzeit is a compound of Brot + Zeit. Consequently, when written in fraktur, the adjacent t and z should not form a ligature tz as in *Brotzeit, but rather should remain separate letters: Brot‌zeit. This is accomplished by placing a zero-width non-joiner character between the two roots in the compound.

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