This code point first appeared in version 1.1 of the Unicode® Standard and belongs to the "Basic Latin" block which goes from 0x0 to 0x7F.
You can safely add this character in your html code with the entity: -
You can use the u+002D copy pc button below.
Easy u+002D copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+002D name is hyphen-minus emoji.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint (hex) | 002D, u002D |
| Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
| Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | - |
| Official name (Unicode 15.0) | HYPHEN-MINUS |
| resolved name | hyphen-minus |
| block | Basic Latin (ASCII) |
| common typos | u+002D, u+200D |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 002D like u 002D, (u+002D) or u +002D. You can also find u-002D, u*002D, un+002D, u002D, u=002D or c+002D. You can also spell it with u 002D unicode, u plus 002D, uncode 002D or unicode + 002D.
Its bidirectional class is "ES":European Number Separator (PLUS SIGN, MINUS SIGN)
Glyphs and symbols in your browser
The following unicode chart presents different versions of the glyph corresponding to the unicode characters u+002D that are available on your computer.
In order to type this character easily, you may want to download and install a unicode Basic Latin keyboard.
A sample of fonts are used below to display whether the character has a glyph in this font or not.
Encodings (Unicode characters converter)
The following character table converter for +u002D allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
| encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | 2D | 45 | 00101101 |
| UCS2 | 2D 00 | 11520 | 00101101 00000000 |
| UTF-16LE | 2D 00 | 11520 | 00101101 00000000 |
| UTF-16BE | 00 2D | 45 | 00101101 |
| UTF7 | 2D | 45 | 00101101 |
| UTF7-IMAP | 2D | 45 | 00101101 |