Heavy minus sign
➖ is the Unicode character “HEAVY MINUS SIGN” (U+2796). It belongs to the Dingbats block and was added in Unicode 6.0. It has a flat text style and a colorful emoji style. Click it to copy, or use the codes below.
➖ codes
| UnicodeCode point | U+2796 |
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|---|---|---|
| HTML codeDecimal, works in any HTML page | ➖ |
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| HTML hexHexadecimal HTML code | ➖ |
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| CSSFor the CSS content property | \2796 |
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| JavaScriptEscape in JavaScript strings | \u2796 |
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| PythonEscape in Python strings | \u2796 |
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| URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8 | %E2%9E%96 |
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| UTF-8Bytes in UTF-8 | E2 9E 96 |
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| UTF-16Code units in UTF-16 | 2796 |
How to type ➖
Copy and paste
Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.
Windows
Press Win + . to open the emoji and symbol panel, then search for “heavy minus sign”.
In Microsoft Word, type 2796 and press Alt + X.
Mac
Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “heavy minus sign”.
iPhone and Android
Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).
About ➖
- Unicode name
- HEAVY MINUS SIGN
- Code point
- U+2796 (10134)
- Block
- Dingbats
- Category
- Other Symbol
- Unicode version
- 6.0
- Styles
- Text (➖︎) and emoji (➖️)