➖ is the Unicode emoji HEAVY MINUS SIGN (“minus”), code point U+2796 (decimal 10134) in the Dingbats block, added in Unicode 6.0. In HTML write ➖, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 9E 96.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2796 |
| Decimal | 10134 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9E 96 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 2796 |
| UTF-32 | 00002796 |
| HTML decimal | ➖ |
| HTML hex | ➖ |
| CSS | \2796 |
| JavaScript | \u2796 |
| JSON | \u2796 |
| Python | \u2796 |
| Python by name | \N{HEAVY MINUS SIGN} |
| Java, C# | \u2796 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{2796} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u2796 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%9E%96 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | HEAVY MINUS SIGN |
| Emoji name | minus |
| Code point | U+2796 (decimal 10134) |
| Block | Dingbats (U+2700–U+27BF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 6.0 |
Nearby in Dingbats
- ➎ U+278E Dingbat Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit Five
- ➏ U+278F Dingbat Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit Six
- ➐ U+2790 Dingbat Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit Seven
- ➑ U+2791 Dingbat Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit Eight
- ➒ U+2792 Dingbat Negative Circled Sans-Serif Digit Nine
- ➓ U+2793 Dingbat Negative Circled Sans-Serif Number Ten
- ➔ U+2794 Heavy Wide-Headed Rightwards Arrow
- ➕ U+2795 Plus
- ➗ U+2797 Divide
- ➘ U+2798 Heavy South East Arrow
- ➙ U+2799 Heavy Rightwards Arrow
- ➚ U+279A Heavy North East Arrow
- ➛ U+279B Drafting Point Rightwards Arrow
- ➜ U+279C Heavy Round-Tipped Rightwards Arrow
- ➝ U+279D Triangle-Headed Rightwards Arrow
- ➞ U+279E Heavy Triangle-Headed Rightwards Arrow
All 192 characters: Dingbats.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ➖?
- Use ➖ (decimal) or ➖ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+2796?
- E2 9E 96 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%9E%96.
- How do I write U+2796 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u2796. Python: \u2796.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3) and the Unicode emoji test data; HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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