How many syllables in hyphen?

There are 2 syllables in the word hyphen.

Divide hyphen into syllables:

hyphen (noun):: a punctuation mark - used especially to divide or to compound words, word elements, or numbers; a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text.

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