Unicode Character "➖" (U+2796)

The character ➖ (Heavy Minus Sign) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2796. It is encoded in the Dingbats block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 6.0 (October, 2010). It is HTML encoded as ➖.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Heavy Minus Sign
Unicode Codepoint U+2796
Unicode Version 6.0 (October, 2010)
Block Dingbats
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2796 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ➖
HTML (hex) ➖
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9E%96
CSS \002796
JavaScript, JSON \u2796
C, C++, Java \u2796
Python \u2796
Rust \u{2796}
Ruby \u2796

How to type "➖"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 7 9 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 7 9 6. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9E 0x96
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2796
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002796

References