Unicode Character "⊖" (U+2296)

The character ⊖ (Circled Minus) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2296. 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 Circled Minus
Unicode Codepoint U+2296
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+2296 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⊖
HTML (hex) ⊖
HTML (named) ⊖
URL Escape Code %E2%8A%96
CSS \002296
JavaScript, JSON \u2296
C, C++, Java \u2296
Python \u2296
Rust \u{2296}
Ruby \u2296

How to type "⊖"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 9 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 9 6. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8A 0x96
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2296
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002296

References