➖U+2796
Minus emoji
A bold minus sign, a short horizontal bar. People use it for subtraction and negative values, for removing or taking away something, and for marking a decrease or a downside in lists.
- Unicode name
- minus
- Added
- Emoji 0.6 in 2010
- Code points
- U+2796
- Shortcode
:heavy_minus_sign:- Keywords
- -, −, heavy, math, minus, sign
How it looks
How to type ➖
- iPhone and iPad
- Open the emoji keyboard, tap Search Emoji and type “minus”.
- Android
- In Gboard, tap the emoji button and search for “minus”.
- Mac
- Press Control–Command–Space (or Globe + E) and type “minus”.
- Windows
- Press Windows + . (period) and type “minus”.
- GitHub
- Type :heavy_minus_sign: in an issue, pull request or comment.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Keywords |
|---|---|---|
| Español | menos | -, −, menos, resta, signo |
| Français | moins | -, −, arithmétique, mathématiques, moins, signe moins, signe Moins, soustraction, soustraire |
| Deutsch | minus | -, −, Mathe, Minus, Minuszeichen |
| Italiano | sottrazione | -, matematica, meno, segno, segno di sottrazione, sottrazione, trattino |
| Português | símbolo de subtração | -, −, diminuir, matemática, menos, símbolo de subtração, sinal, sinal de menos, travessão |
| Nederlands | min | -, −, dikgedrukt, min, teken, wiskunde |
| Svenska | subtrahera | -, −, matte, minus, minustecken, subtrahera, tecken |
| Polski | znak minus | -, −, matematyka, minus, odejmowanie, odjąć, znak |
| Türkçe | eksi | -, −, eksi, eksi işareti, işaret, koyu renk eksi işareti, matematik |
| Русский | знак вычитания | вычесть, вычитание, вычитания, знак, минус, отнять |
| Українська | мінус | -, −, знак, математика, математичний, мінус |
| Ελληνικά | πλην | -, −, αφαίρεση, μαθηματικά, μείον, πλην, σύμβολο, σύμβολο αφαίρεσης |
| العربية | علامة طرح | −, رمز, رياضيات, طرح, علامة, علامة طرح عريضة, ناقص |
| עברית | סימן חיסור | חשבון, מינוס, מתמטיקה, סימן חיסור |
| فارسی | تفریق | -, −, تفریق, ریاضی, علامت, منها |
| हिन्दी | ऋण | -, −, ऋण, गणित, चिह्न |
| বাংলা | বিয়োগ | -, −, গণিত, চিহ্ন, বিয়োগ |
| Bahasa Indonesia | kurang | -, −, kurang, matematika, minus, operator, pengurangan, tanda |
| Tiếng Việt | trừ | -, −, dấu, toán, trừ |
| ไทย | ลบ | -, −, คณิต, เครื่องหมาย, เครื่องหมายลบ, ลบ |
| 日本語 | マイナス | -, マイナス, 引き算, 引く, 減算, 計算, 記号 |
| 한국어 | 빼기 | 마이너스, 빼기, 빼기 표시, 수학, 진한 빼기 표시 |
| 中文（简体） | 减 | 减, 减号, 数学, 横线, 符号 |
| 中文（繁體） | 減 | -, −, 數學, 減, 減號, 符號, 負 |
Names in 102 more languages
| Afrikaans | minus |
|---|---|
| Akan | te firi mu |
| Albanian | shenja minus e trashë |
| Amharic | ማይነስ |
| Armenian | հանման նշան |
| Assamese | বিয়োগ |
| Azerbaijani | qalın çıxma işarəsi |
| Bashkir | минус |
| Basque | minus |
| Belarusian | знак аднімання |
| Bosnian | znak minus |
| Breton | nemet |
| Bulgarian | Удебелен знак минус |
| Burmese | အနုတ် သင်္ကေတ |
| Canadian French | signe de soustraction |
| Cantonese | 粗減號 |
| Cantonese (Simplified) | 粗减号 |
| Catalan | signe de restar |
| Cherokee | ᎤᏓᎨᏓ ᎠᎦᏲᎶᏗᏍᎩ ᎤᏙᏪᎸ |
| Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong SAR China) | 減號 |
| Chuvash | вулав палли |
| Croatian | minus |
| Czech | znak minus |
| Danish | minus |
| Estonian | lahutamine |
| European Portuguese | subtração |
| Faroese | minus |
| Filipino | minus |
| Finnish | miinusmerkki |
| Galician | resta |
| Georgian | მინუსი |
| Gujarati | બાદબાકી |
| Hausa | deɓewa |
| Hungarian | mínusz |
| Icelandic | mínus |
| Igbo | mwepụ |
| Interlingua | minus |
| Irish | lúide |
| Javanese | kurang |
| Kalaallisut | minus |
| Kannada | ವ್ಯವಕಲನ ಚಿಹ್ನೆ |
| Kazakh | минус |
| Kazakh (Arabic) | مينۋس |
| Khmer | សញ្ញាដក |
| Kinyarwanda | ikimenyetso kinini cyo gukuramo |
| Konkani | वजा |
| Kyrgyz | минус |
| Kʼicheʼ | Al Etal rech Elesanem |
| Lao | ເຄື່ອງໝາຍລົບ |
| Latin American Spanish | resta |
| Latvian | mīnuss |
| Lithuanian | paryškintas minusas |
| Lower Sorbian | znamuško minus |
| Luxembourgish | fettgedrécktent Minuszeechen |
| Macedonian | минус |
| Malay | tolak |
| Malayalam | കിഴിക്കുക |
| Maltese | sinjal minus grassett |
| Marathi | वजा |
| Mexican Spanish | signo de resta |
| Mongolian | хасах |
| Māori | tohu tango taumaha |
| Nepali | घटाउ |
| Nigerian Pidgin | Maínọs |
| Northern Sotho | leswao le legolo la go ntšha |
| Norwegian | minus |
| Odia | ଫେଡାଣ ଚିହ୍ନ |
| Oromo | hir’isuu |
| Pashto | د منفي نښه |
| Punjabi | ਘਟਾਓ |
| Punjabi (Arabic) | وڈی منفی دی علامت |
| Quechua | qhichuna |
| Romanian | minus |
| Romansh | minus |
| Sardinian | sutratzione |
| Scottish Gaelic | thoir air falbh |
| Serbian | црни знак минус |
| Serbian (Latin) | crni znak minus |
| Shan | ထွၼ် |
| Sindhi | ڪاٽو جي نشاني |
| Sinhala | ඍණ |
| Slovak | mínus |
| Slovenian | minus |
| Somali | calaamadda ka jar |
| Swahili | kutoa |
| Tajik | аломати вазнини тарҳ |
| Tamil | கழித்தல் குறி |
| Telugu | తీసివేత |
| Tigrinya | ምጉዳል |
| Tongan | kole mamafa |
| Tswana | letshwao la ntsha le le boima |
| Turkmen | aýyrmak |
| Upper Sorbian | znamješko minus |
| Urdu | منفی |
| Uyghur | ئېغىر ئېلىش بەلگىسى |
| Uzbek | ayiruv |
| Welsh | tynnu |
| Wolof | màndargay wàññi bu rëy |
| Xhosa | uphawu lokuthabatha olungqindilili |
| Yoruba | aami ayọkuro nla |
| Yoruba (Benin) | aami ayɔkuro nla |
| Zulu | uphawu lokususa oluwugqinsi |
Codes
- Code points
U+2796- HTML
➖- CSS
\2796- JavaScript, Rust, Swift
\u{2796}- Python
\u2796- UTF-8 bytes
E2 9E 96- UTF-16
2796- URL encoded
%E2%9E%96
Questions
What does the ➖ minus emoji mean?
A bold minus sign, a short horizontal bar. People use it for subtraction and negative values, for removing or taking away something, and for marking a decrease or a downside in lists.
How do I type the ➖ emoji?
On iPhone, iPad or Android, search the emoji keyboard for “minus”. On a Mac press Control–Command–Space, and on Windows press Windows + period, then type the same words. You can also copy it from this page. On GitHub, type :heavy_minus_sign:.
When was the ➖ emoji added?
➖ was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010.
What is the Unicode code point for ➖?
U+2796. In HTML you can write ➖, and in JavaScript, Rust or Swift \u{2796}.