Use of Dash or Hyphen in Telephone Numbers


If reading out a telephone number

e.g. 123-456789

Denwa bangō wa ichi ni san - yon go roku nana hachi kyū desu

What is the dash / hyphen called? Is it spoken? If so how is it pronounced or
how do you write it?




I think you can either pause at a dash or read it as の.

As you can see in [this page](http://www.tv-
asahi.co.jp/announcer/nihongo/labo/004/body.html), where two professional
announcers are discussing how to correctly read/pronounce numbers, it is also
correct to read a phone number 03-1230-4050 as 「れいさん **の** いちにさんれい **の**
よんれいごれい」.

Also [in this TV
commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPWziwoOqAw&feature=youtu.be&t=102)
they read 0120-999-666 as 「ぜろいちに(い)ぜろ きゅうきゅうきゅう **の** ろくろくろく」, and [in this TV
commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQIGm-hWPfY&feature=youtu.be&t=84)
0120-666-666 as 「ぜろいちに(い)ぜろ **の** ろくろくろく **の** ろくろくろく」.

So, for example 0123-456-7890 can be read:

> 「れいいちに(い)さん (pause) よんご(お)ろく (pause) ななはちきゅうれい」-- pausing at each dash  
>  「れいいちに(い)さん (pause) よんご(お)ろく **の** ななはちきゅうれい」-- using a pause and の  
>  「れいいちに(い)さん **の** よんご(お)ろく **の** ななはちきゅうれい」-- using の

Actually in recent years it has become much more common to read the number "0"
as 「ぜろ」 than as 「れい」 (at least in real life), as in:

> 「ぜろいちに(い)さん (pause) よんご(お)ろく (pause) ななはちきゅうぜろ」  
>  「ぜろいちに(い)さん (pause) よんご(お)ろく **の** ななはちきゅうぜろ」  
>  「ぜろいちに(い)さん **の** よんご(お)ろく **の** ななはちきゅうぜろ」




I think you can either pause at a dash or read it as の.

As you can see in [this page](http://www.tv-
asahi.co.jp/announcer/nihongo/labo/004/body.html), where two professional
announcers are discussing how to correctly read/pronounce numbers, it is also
correct to read a phone number 03-1230-4050 as 「れいさん **の** いちにさんれい **の**
よんれいごれい」.

Also [in this TV
commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPWziwoOqAw&feature=youtu.be&t=102)
they read 0120-999-666 as 「ぜろいちに(い)ぜろ きゅうきゅうきゅう **の** ろくろくろく」, and [in this TV
commercial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQIGm-hWPfY&feature=youtu.be&t=84)
0120-666-666 as 「ぜろいちに(い)ぜろ **の** ろくろくろく **の** ろくろくろく」.

So, for example 0123-456-7890 can be read:

> 「れいいちに(い)さん (pause) よんご(お)ろく (pause) ななはちきゅうれい」-- pausing at each dash  
>  「れいいちに(い)さん (pause) よんご(お)ろく **の** ななはちきゅうれい」-- using a pause and の  
>  「れいいちに(い)さん **の** よんご(お)ろく **の** ななはちきゅうれい」-- using の

Actually in recent years it has become much more common to read the number "0"
as 「ぜろ」 than as 「れい」 (at least in real life), as in:

> 「ぜろいちに(い)さん (pause) よんご(お)ろく (pause) ななはちきゅうぜろ」  
>  「ぜろいちに(い)さん (pause) よんご(お)ろく **の** ななはちきゅうぜろ」  
>  「ぜろいちに(い)さん **の** よんご(お)ろく **の** ななはちきゅうぜろ」

