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Technical information

Symbol÷
NameDivision sign
Unicode numberU+00F7
CategoryLatin-1 Supplement8. Mathematical operator
DescriptionThe 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-160x00F7
UTF-320x000000F7

Source Code

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

Font size:

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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>&#247;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\00F7";
}

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