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Technical information

Symbol+
NamePlus sign
Unicode numberU+002B
CategoryASCII Table2. ASCII punctuation and symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character +, or U+002B, is known as the "Plus Sign". It is part of the "Basic Latin" block, which is the standard ASCII set of characters used in English and other Western languages. This character falls under the "Symbol, Math" category. Visually, it represents a cross shape formed by two intersecting lines of equal length. The plus sign is universally recognized as a symbol for addition in mathematics. For example, in the equation "2 + 2 = 4", the plus sign indicates that the numbers 2 and 2 are to be added together. Besides its mathematical use, it is also used in various other contexts to denote a positive value, an increase, or an addition of some kind. For instance, it can be used in grading systems, medical notations, computer programming, and more. Its specific usage can vary depending on the context.

Encoding

HTML Entity+
HTML Entity (hex)+
HTML Entity (named)+
URL Escape Code%2B
UTF-8 (hex)0x2B
UTF-8 (binary)00101011
UTF-160x002B
UTF-320x0000002B

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u002B"
CSS Code\002B
JavaScript"\u002B"
Perl\x{002B}
Python 2u"\u002B"
Python 3\u002B
Ruby\u{002B}

Preview

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

Font size:

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20px
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28px
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36px
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48px
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72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
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input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#43;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\002B";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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-apple-system
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Apple Color Emoji
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Arial
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BlinkMacSystemFont
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Courier New
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Georgia
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Droid Sans
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Helvetica
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Noto Sans
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Oxygen
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Roboto
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"Segoe UI"
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sans-serif
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Segoe UI Emoji
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Segoe UI Symbol
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system-ui
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Times New Roman
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Ubuntu
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Verdana

References