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<u>

A non-textual annotation — the rare legitimate underline: misspelling marks, Chinese proper-name marks.

Baseline: Widely available · Inline text semantics

When to use it

Almost never; its one idiomatic modern use is the proper-name mark in Chinese text.

When not to

Never underline links' lookalikes with it, and never use it for emphasis — readers assume underlines are links.

Example

北京是中国的首都。

<p lang='zh-Hans'><u>北京</u>是中国的首都。</p>
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