html-entity

−

−

HTML named character reference − maps to U+2212.

Mapping

Named reference
−
Code point(s)
U+2212
Decimal
8722
Characters

Numeric character references

Named
Decimal
Hex

Usage

Prefer a named reference when the character must survive encoding mistakes or is awkward to type. Numeric references (−) are always valid HTML for the mapped code point(s).

Related

Source

Unicode
16.0.0
WHATWG
snapshot 2026-08-02