Plus-Minus Sign

±

Codes

Decimal
177
Hexadecimal
b1

HTML Entities

HTML Entity
±
Decimal
±
Hexadecimal
±

Details

Unicode block
Latin 1 supplement
Character type
Math symbol. General category "Sm" in the Unicode specification. Mathematical symbols (e.g., +, −, =, ×, ÷, √, ∊, ≠). Does not include parentheses and brackets, which are in categories Ps and Pe. Also does not include !, *, -, or /, which despite frequent use as mathematical operators, are primarily considered to be "punctuation".
Character direction
European number terminator. Weak bidirectional character type "ET" in the Unicode specification.
Properties
Defined; Graphic; Printable;
Introduced in version
v1.1.0.0

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