This code point first appeared in version 1.1 of the Unicode® Standard and belongs to the "Mathematical Operators" block which goes from 0x2200 to 0x22FF.
You can safely add this character in your html code with the entity: −
You can use the u+2212 copy pc button below.
Easy u+2212 copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+2212 name is minus sign emoji.
field | value |
---|---|
Codepoint (hex) | 2212, u2212 |
Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | - |
Official name (Unicode 15.0) | MINUS SIGN |
resolved name | minus sign |
block | Mathematical Operators (Math_Operators) |
common typos | u+2212, u+1222 |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 2212 like u 2212, (u+2212) or u +2212. You can also find u-2212, u*2212, un+2212, u2212, u=2212 or c+2212. You can also spell it with u 2212 unicode, u plus 2212, uncode 2212 or unicode + 2212.
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+2212 that are available on your computer.
In order to type this character easily, you may want to download and install a unicode Mathematical Operators 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 +u2212 allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
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UTF-8 | E2 88 92 | 14846098 | 11100010 10001000 10010010 |
UCS2 | 12 22 | 4642 | 00010010 00100010 |
UTF-16LE | 12 22 | 4642 | 00010010 00100010 |
UTF-16BE | 22 12 | 8722 | 00100010 00010010 |
UTF7 | 2B 49 68 49 2D | 185915164973 | 00101011 01001001 01101000 01001001 00101101 |
UTF7-IMAP | 26 49 68 49 2D | 164440328493 | 00100110 01001001 01101000 01001001 00101101 |