"⊖" U+2296 Circled Minus

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Character

⊖

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Unicode Data

The Unicode character U+2296, displayed as ⊖ and named "Circled Minus" is located in the Mathematical Operators block. This character was introduced in Unicode version 1.1 (1993). Find its HTML entities, UTF-8/UTF-16 encodings, hex values, and copy-paste details below.

Name:: Circled Minus
Category:: Math Symbol
Block:: Mathematical Operators
Script:: Common
Bidirectional:: Other Neutrals
Mirrored:: No
Unicode Version:: Unicode 1.1

Character Encodings

HTML Entity - Named:

&ominus;

&CircleMinus;

HTML Entity - Decimal:

⊖

HTML Entity - Hex:

⊖

Unicode:

U+2296;

Decimal:

8854

CSS:

\002296

Javascript:

\u2296

Perl:

\x{2296}

Ruby:

\u{2296}

Python:

u'\u2296'

UTF-8 Encoding:

E28A96

UTF-16 Encoding:

2296

UTF-32 Encoding:

00002296