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Technical information

Symbol	÷
Name	Division sign
Unicode number	U+00F7
Category	Latin-1 Supplement 8. Mathematical operator

Description

The Unicode character ÷, or U+00F7, is known as the "Division Sign". This character is part of the "Latin-1 Supplement" block and falls under the "Symbol, Math" category. As its name suggests, it's universally recognized as the symbol for division in mathematical equations and expressions. It typically appears as a horizontal line with a small dot above and below, representing the dividend and divisor respectively. This symbol is used across the world in a wide range of educational, academic, and professional contexts involving mathematics and computing.

Encoding

HTML Entity	÷
HTML Entity (hex)	÷
HTML Entity (named)	÷
URL Escape Code	%C3%B7
UTF-8 (hex)	0xC3 0xB7
UTF-8 (binary)	1100001110110111
UTF-16	0x00F7
UTF-32	0x000000F7

Source Code

C, C++, and Java	"\u00F7"
CSS Code	\00F7
JavaScript	"\u00F7"
Perl	\x{00F7}
Python 2	u"\u00F7"
Python 3	\u00F7
Ruby	\u{00F7}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ÷ in sentence and in bold like this ÷ and in italic like this ÷.

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HTML Forms and Input

input

disabled input

input-group

select

button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#247;</span>

span {
    content: "\00F7";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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Segoe UI Symbol

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