Heavy Minus Sign Emoji

Technical Details

Name

Heavy Minus Sign

Short Name

:heavy_minus_sign:

Unicode

U+2796

Unicode Version

1.0

Release Year

2010

Category

Symbols

Subcategory

Math

Platform Support

Apple Google Twitter Facebook

Has Skin Tones

No

Platform Renderings

Unicode standard sample

Unicode

HEAVY MINUS SIGN emoji in Apple's design style - Unicode 2796

Apple Style

HEAVY MINUS SIGN emoji in Google's design style - Unicode 2796

Google Style

HEAVY MINUS SIGN emoji in Twitter's design style - Unicode 2796

Twitter Style

HEAVY MINUS SIGN emoji in Facebook's design style - Unicode 2796

Facebook Style

Gmail style

Gmail

KDDI style

KDDI

SVG Code

<svg width="128" height="128" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <text
    x="64"
    y="64"
    font-size="96"
    text-anchor="middle"
    dominant-baseline="middle"
    font-family="serif"
  >➖</text>
</svg>

Emoji Meaning

Meaning

A heavy minus sign, visually represented as a thick horizontal line with vertical lines on either side, typically in black. It is part of the mathematical symbols in Unicode, used primarily for subtraction in arithmetic operations.

Common Uses

  • Indicating subtraction in mathematical expressions: '4 ➖ 2 = 2'
  • Representing a decrease or reduction: 'Prices have been reduced by 10% ➖'
  • In programming contexts, denoting a minus operation: 'x = y ➖ z'

Example Sentences

  • The equation is simple: 10 ➖ 3 equals 7.
  • Due to the sale, the price of the item is now $50 ➖ $10.
  • In Python, you can subtract two numbers like this: result = 8 ➖ 3.

Frequently Asked Questions