Unicode Character "₋" U+208B Subscript Minus
Unicode Version 15.1
₋
Summary
The unicode character "₋" at code point U+208B is Subscript Minus. It is a character in the Superscripts and Subscripts block and is part of the Common script. The character is a math symbol. The UTF-8 encoding of "₋" is 0xE2 0x82 0x8B and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x208B.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+208B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Subscript Minus |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Subscript Hyphen-Minus |
| Block | Superscripts and Subscripts |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | European Separator |
| Decomposition Type | Sub |
| Decomposition Mapping | "−" U+2212 Minus Sign |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ₋ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ₋ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x82 0x8B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x208B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000208B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u208b |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Changes When NFKC Casefolded | Yes |
| NFKC Casefold | "−" U+2212 Minus Sign |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | "−" U+2212 Minus Sign |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| ID Compat Math Continue | Yes |
| Dash | Yes |
| Math | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |