unicode

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U+2212

MINUS SIGN

MINUS SIGN · Math Symbol · Mathematical Operators · Common script

Quick facts

Code point: U+2212
Decimal: 8722
Name: MINUS SIGN
General category: Sm — Math Symbol
Block: Mathematical Operators
Script: Common
Bidi class: ES
Combining class: 0
Age: 1.1
Name aliases: —

Normalization & case

Decomposition: —
Uppercase: —
Lowercase: —
Titlecase: —
Case folding: —
Bidi mirrored: No

Layout & width

East Asian Width: N
Line Break: PR
Numeric: —
Script extensions: —

Binary properties

Dash

Developer examples

JS: '\u{2212}' // U+2212
Python: "\N{MINUS SIGN}"
HTML: −

Encodings & escapes

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Block

Mathematical Operators

Category

Math Symbol

Script

Common

Source

Unicode: 16.0.0
WHATWG: —