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⨬

minus sign with rising dots

Minus Sign with Rising Dots

The minus sign with rising dots, ⨬, is a specialized mathematical operator; its name describes the shape, not the rule it represents. The surrounding notation supplies its mathematical role. In right-to-left text, Unicode pairs it with as its mirror, so text layout can show the dots in the opposite direction.

Text symbol

What ⨬ means

⨬ is the minus sign with rising dots. Unicode classifies it as a mathematical symbol and files it in the Supplemental Mathematical Operators block; this site shelves it under Maths.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

⨬ is a single code point, U2A2C. In HTML that is ⨬, and in CSS \2A2C.

Questions people ask

Why does ⨬ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type or find ⨬

Search it as: ⨬ · rising dots · dotted minus · minus with dots · math operator
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 2A2C, then AltX to get ⨬.

Windows

⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).

macOS

⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “minus sign with rising dots”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 2a2c, then Enter or Space.

HTML

⨬

CSS

\2A2C

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

⨬

HTML hex

⨬

CSS content

content: "\2A2C";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%E2%A8%AC

On screen

Code points

JS .length

UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

Maths & numbers1,835 symbols

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