What are “connecting characters” in Java identifiers?

I am reading for SCJP and I have a question regarding this line:

Identifiers must start with a letter, a currency character ($), or a
connecting character such as the underscore ( _ ). Identifiers cannot
start with a number!

It states that a valid identifier name can start with a connecting character such as underscore. I thought underscores were the only valid option? What other connecting characters are there?

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