Unicode Character "∸" (U+2238)

The character ∸ (Dot Minus) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2238. It is encoded in the Mathematical Operators 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 Dot Minus
Unicode Codepoint U+2238
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Mathematical Operators
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+2238 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ∸
HTML (hex) ∸
HTML (named) ∸
URL Escape Code %E2%88%B8
CSS \002238
JavaScript, JSON \u2238
C, C++, Java \u2238
Python \u2238
Rust \u{2238}
Ruby \u2238

How to type "∸"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 3 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 3 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x88 0xB8
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2238
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002238

References