What is Minus Sign (U+2212)?

Minus Sign is the Unicode character U+2212 (decimal 8722). It belongs to the Math Symbol category in the block. HTML entity: −

What is Hyphen-Minus (U+002D)?

Hyphen-Minus is the Unicode character U+002D (decimal 45). It belongs to the Dash Punctuation category in the block. HTML entity: -

En Dash is the Unicode character U+2013 (decimal 8211). It belongs to the Dash Punctuation category in the block. HTML entity: –

Compare the true minus sign, hyphen-minus, and en dash -- three characters often used interchangeably but with different typographic purposes.

Minus Sign

U+2212

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Hyphen-Minus

U+002D

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En Dash

U+2013

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Property	Minus Sign	Hyphen-Minus	En Dash
Character	−	-	–
Code Point	U+2212	U+002D	U+2013
Decimal	8722	45	8211
Unicode Name	MINUS SIGN	HYPHEN-MINUS	EN DASH
Category	Math Symbol	Dash Punctuation	Dash Punctuation
Block
HTML	−	-	–
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