Unicode Character "÷" (U+00F7)

The character ÷ (Division Sign) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+00F7. It is encoded in the Latin-1 Supplement block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ÷.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Division Sign
Unicode Codepoint U+00F7
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Latin-1 Supplement
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+00F7 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ÷
HTML (hex) ÷
HTML (named) ÷
URL Escape Code %C3%B7
CSS \0000F7
JavaScript, JSON \u00F7
C, C++, Java \u00F7
Python \u00F7
Rust \u{00F7}
Ruby \u00F7

How to type "÷"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 0 0 F 7. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 0 0 F 7. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ÷
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ÷
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ÷
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xC3 0xB7
UTF-16 (hex) 0x00F7
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000000F7

References