Minus Sign

U+2212
BMP Unicode 1.1
Character
Entity −
Decimal −
Hex −

Classification

Unicode properties assigned to this character by the Unicode Consortium. The codepoint is its unique numeric identifier. Category, block, and script determine how text systems render and process it.

Codepoint
U+2212
Decimal
8722
Plane
BMP — Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Math Symbol (Sm)
Script
Common
Bidi class
ES European Separator
East Asian Width
N Narrow
Properties
Math Dash

Looks Like (Confusables)

Characters that are visually similar — relevant for security, font design, and homoglyph detection.

Encodings & Escape Sequences

Every Unicode character can be represented in multiple ways depending on context. HTML entities let you embed it safely in web pages. UTF-8 bytes are what gets stored on disk and sent over the network. Escape sequences let you reference it in source code without pasting the raw glyph. All formats below refer to the same character — Minus Sign.

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Format Value
HTML Named Entity
−
HTML Decimal
−
HTML Hex
−
UTF-8 Hex Bytes
E2 88 92
UTF-16 Hex Bytes
22 12
UTF-32 Hex
00002212
CSS Escape
\2212
JavaScript Escape
\u2212
Python Escape
\u2212
URL Encoded
%E2%88%92
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Characters That Include This

These characters decompose to a sequence that includes Minus Sign as a component. They are effectively precomposed versions or compounds built on this base character.