Unicode Character "−" U+2212 Minus Sign

Unicode Version 15.1

Summary

The unicode character "−" at code point U+2212 is Minus Sign. It is a character in the Mathematical Operators block and is part of the Common script. The character is a math symbol. The UTF-8 encoding of "−" is 0xE2 0x88 0x92 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x2212.

General Properties

Code Point U+2212
Version Added 1.1
Name Minus Sign
Block Mathematical Operators
General Category Math Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class European Separator

Encodings

HTML Entity −
HTML Decimal Encoding −
HTML Hex Encoding −
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x88 0x92
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2212
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002212
C/C++/Java Escape \u2212

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Prefix Numeric
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Pattern Syntax Yes
Dash Yes
Math Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other