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Character
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Code point
Alt code
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HTML
LaTeX
U+00F7. The sign on a calculator key. Alt+246 types it, and so does Alt+0247: the two codes are one apart. Alt+0246 is ö and Alt+247 is ≈. ÷ in HTML, \div in LaTeX maths, \textdiv in LaTeX text. Unicode's alias: obelus.
U+2797. The bold one. The emoji list calls it divide, and it has the Emoji property, so an app may draw it in colour. Added in version 6.0 (2010) with ➕ and ➖.
U+27CC. The bracket of school long division: the divisor goes on its left and the dividend under its bar. Unicode's note: graphically extends over the dividend. In plain text the bar covers only the character itself. No Alt code, no HTML name, and no LaTeX macro outside the unicode-math package, where it is \longdivision. Added in version 5.1 (2008).
Made of U+0029 and U+203E. A right parenthesis and three overlines, which join into one bar. Type the divisor before it, and paste more ‾ to cover a longer dividend. Both pieces have been in Unicode since version 1.1 (1993); ⟌ came in version 5.1 (2008) and may need a maths font.
U+2215. Unicode's note: generic division operator. It leans more than the keyboard slash and a program will not read it as one, so a formula pasted into a spreadsheet wants / and not this. No Alt code and no HTML name: write ∕.
U+2044. Made for building fractions: a font that knows the rule draws digits, this slash, digits as one stacked fraction. ⁄ in HTML, Option+Shift+1 on a U.S. layout, \textfractionsolidus in LaTeX text.
U+2236. The colon as a maths sign. Unicode's note: preferred to the keyboard colon for denotation of division or scale in mathematical use. Schools in Germany, Austria and Switzerland write 12 : 3 = 4. ∶ in HTML.
U+2223. 3 ∣ 12 says 3 divides 12 with nothing left over. It is not the keyboard bar: \mid in LaTeX gives it the spacing of a relation. ∣ in HTML. Unicode's aliases: such that, APL stile.
Made of U+002B, U+2212, U+00D7 and U+00F7. Plus, the true minus sign, the multiplication sign and the division sign in one copy, for a worksheet heading or a calculator label.
U+2A38. ÷ inside a ring, from the Supplemental Mathematical Operators block. ⨸ in HTML. Added in version 3.2 (2002).
U+2797 U+FE0E. ➗ followed by U+FE0E, which asks for the plain, one-colour drawing. An app is free to ignore the request.
U+2797 U+FE0F. ➗ followed by U+FE0F, which asks for the emoji drawing.
Made of U+2795, U+2796, U+2716, U+FE0F and U+2797. Plus, minus, multiply and divide as the emoji list names them. ✖ carries U+FE0F because it lacks the Emoji presentation property the other three have, so on its own it defaults to the text drawing.
U+29BC. A division sign turned until it looks like a percent sign, inside a ring. ⦼ in HTML. Added in version 3.2 (2002).
U+22C7. A multiplication cross with the two dots of ÷. Unicode's note: ambiguous sign conflating two operators. \divideontimes in LaTeX needs the amssymb package. ⋇ in HTML.
U+2339. ÷ in a box, from the programming language APL, which uses the plain ÷ for division and for the reciprocal.
Made of U+27CC and U+203E. ⟌ and two overlines. Whether the overlines meet the bracket's own bar depends on the font. Where they do not, use the row made with a parenthesis.
Made of U+2502 and U+203E. A box-drawing upright and two overlines, for the form of long division that splits off the divisor with a straight bar in place of the curve.
U+0029. On the keyboard. The curved half of a hand-written long division bracket, which grew in the 18th century out of a one-line notation that used a left parenthesis.
U+203E. The bar that goes over the dividend. Side by side, overlines join into one line, which the macron ¯ does not. ‾ in HTML. No Alt code.
U+0305. Draws the bar on the digit before it, so the bar is exactly as wide as the dividend. Unicode's aliases: overscore, vinculum. Its note: connects on left and right. Paste it after each digit.
Made of U+0038, U+0305 and U+0034. 8 and 4, each followed by U+0305. A sample of what the combining overline does: put ) or ⟌ in front and it reads as 84 under the bracket.
U+2502. Alt+179. The upright that Spain, Italy, France, Russia and others put between dividend and divisor, with the divisor on the right and the quotient under it. │ in HTML.
U+221A. Not a division bracket, though Unicode's entry for ⟌ cross-references it: the radical has a tick at the left and the long division sign has a curve. Alt+251, and the square root page has the rest.
U+002F. On the keyboard, and the only division sign a spreadsheet or a programming language reads. ISO 80000-2 recommends it, or a fraction bar, for division. Unicode's aliases: slash, forward slash, virgule. / in HTML.
U+29F8. A tall slash that Unicode files under Large operators and cross-references to ∕. No Alt code and no HTML name. Added in version 3.2 (2002).
U+FF0F. The slash at the width of a Chinese, Japanese or Korean character. It is a separate character, so a formula will not accept it.
U+27CB. \diagup in LaTeX with the amssymb package, which is also Unicode's alias for it. A bare diagonal stroke that Unicode cross-references to ∕. Added in version 6.1 (2012).
U+2298. A slash in a ring. \oslash in LaTeX with no package, ⊘ in HTML. It is not ∅, the empty set, and not ⌀, the diameter sign.
U+003A. On the keyboard. Unicode's note: also used to denote division or scale, and for that mathematical use ∶ is preferred. ISO 80000-2 keeps the colon for ratios.
Made of U+0031, U+2044 and U+0032. The digit 1, ⁄ and the digit 2. Some fonts draw the three as one stacked fraction. A font without the rule shows 1⁄2 on one line, which still reads.
U+00BD. One divided by two as a single character. Alt+171 or Alt+0189, ½ in HTML, \textonehalf in LaTeX text.
U+00BC. Alt+172 or Alt+0188, ¼ in HTML, \textonequarter in LaTeX text.
U+00BE. Alt+0190 only: the PC character set has ½ and ¼ and stops there. ¾ in HTML, \textthreequarters in LaTeX text.
U+215F. A raised 1 with its slash, waiting for a denominator. Unicode decomposes it to the digit 1 and ⁄. A digit typed after it may stay full size, depending on the font.
U+2224. ∣ struck through: 5 ∤ 12. \nmid in LaTeX needs the amssymb package. ∤ in HTML.
U+2AEE. The same statement with the stroke leaning the other way. ⫮ in HTML. Added in version 3.2 (2002).
U+007C. On the keyboard, and what most people type for divides. Unicode cross-references it to ∣. \vert in LaTeX, | in HTML. Unicode's aliases: vertical bar, pipe.
U+2052. A slash between two dots, used in Germany and Scandinavia to mark a deduction. Unicode's aliases include abzüglich. In Scandinavia ÷ itself has been written as a minus sign. \textdiscount in LaTeX text.
U+2E13. An editor's mark from ancient Greek manuscripts, where an obelos flagged a doubtful passage. Unicode's note: glyph variants may look like ÷ or ∸. Added in version 4.1 (2005).
U+2238. A minus with one dot above, which is ÷ with the lower dot missing. Unicode's alias: saturating subtraction. ∸ in HTML.
U+223A. A minus sign with two dots above and two below. ∺ in HTML.
U+2020. The other sign called an obelus: both descend from the same manuscript mark. Today it points to a footnote. Alt+0134, Option+T on a U.S. layout, † in HTML, \dagger in LaTeX. Unicode's aliases: obelisk, long cross, oblong cross.
U+070B. A Syriac mark that Unicode cross-references to ÷. Its note: marks the beginning of a phrase, word, or morpheme that has a marginal note. Added in version 3.0 (1999).
U+1CEF1. New in Unicode 18.0 (2026). Unicode files it under Historic Leibnizian mathematical operators, gives it the alias division, and cross-references ◡, a lower half circle, which hints at the shape.
U+1CEF3. Unicode's note: ambiguous operator sign. It cross-references ⋇. New in Unicode 18.0 (2026).
U+1CEF4. Unicode's alias: division. Its note: shows how numerator and denominator are divided equally to reduce a fraction. New in Unicode 18.0 (2026).
U+1CEF5. The second form of the reduction sign, with the same alias and note as the first. New in Unicode 18.0 (2026).
U+1F67C. An ornament, not an operator: Unicode files it under Punctuation mark ornaments in the Ornamental Dingbats block. Added in Unicode 7.0 (2014).
U+2E4A. A medieval punctuation mark, the virgula suspensiva, and no kind of division. Added in Unicode 11.0 (2018).
The division symbol is ÷, Division sign, U+00F7. The 50 rows add the emoji ➗, the long division bracket ⟌ with two built forms, the division slash ∕, the fraction slash ⁄, the ratio colon ∶ and ready fractions.
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The codes for ÷
÷ is ÷ or ÷ in HTML and \div in LaTeX maths, with \textdiv for text. Of the 41 single characters here, seven have an Alt code, four an Option key on the U.S. layout, 23 a named HTML entity and 14 a LaTeX macro.
Tips
Alt+0246 types ö and Alt+247 types ≈. The leading zero switches code tables, so ÷ is 246 without it and 0247 with it.
1⁄2 uses the fraction slash, and a font may stack it or not. ½, ¼ and ¾ are single characters with their own rows.
Questions and answers
How do I type the division sign on a keyboard?
On Windows, hold Alt and type 246 or 0247 on the number pad. On a Mac with the U.S. layout, press Option and the slash key. On Linux, press Compose, then a colon, then a hyphen. Anywhere else, copy ÷ from this page.
Which long division symbol should I copy and paste?
⟌, Long division, U+27CC, is the curved bracket alone, added in Unicode 5.1 (2008). Where it shows as an empty box, the )‾‾‾ row builds the bracket from a right parenthesis and three overlines, and │‾‾ is the straight form.
What is the ÷ symbol called?
Unicode names it Division sign and gives obelus as an alias. Johann Rahn first used it for division in 1659, in Teutsche Algebra. ISO 80000-2 says it should not be used and recommends the solidus or a fraction bar.
What is the difference between /, ∕ and ⁄?
/ is Solidus, U+002F, the slash on the keyboard. ∕ is Division slash, U+2215, which Unicode calls the generic division operator. ⁄ is Fraction slash, U+2044, for composing arbitrary fractions from the digits either side of it.
Is there a division emoji?
Yes. ➗, Heavy division sign, U+2797, has Unicode's Emoji property, and emoji lists call it divide. It joined the standard in version 6.0 (2010). The rows after it ask for its text style and its emoji style. ÷ itself is not an emoji.
⨸Circled division signU+2A38. ÷ inside a ring, from the Supplemental Mathematical Operators block. ⨸ in HTML. Added in version 3.2 (2002).
∣DividesU+2223. 3 ∣ 12 says 3 divides 12 with nothing left over. It is not the keyboard bar: \mid in LaTeX gives it the spacing of a relation. ∣ in HTML. Unicode's aliases: such that, APL stile.
÷Division signU+00F7. The sign on a calculator key. Alt+246 types it, and so does Alt+0247: the two codes are one apart. Alt+0246 is ö and Alt+247 is ≈. ÷ in HTML, \div in LaTeX maths, \textdiv in LaTeX text. Unicode's alias: obelus.
∕Division slashU+2215. Unicode's note: generic division operator. It leans more than the keyboard slash and a program will not read it as one, so a formula pasted into a spreadsheet wants / and not this. No Alt code and no HTML name: write ∕.
+−×÷The four operation signsMade of U+002B, U+2212, U+00D7 and U+00F7. Plus, the true minus sign, the multiplication sign and the division sign in one copy, for a worksheet heading or a calculator label.
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⁄Fraction slashU+2044. Made for building fractions: a font that knows the rule draws digits, this slash, digits as one stacked fraction. ⁄ in HTML, Option+Shift+1 on a U.S. layout, \textfractionsolidus in LaTeX text.
➗Heavy division signU+2797. The bold one. The emoji list calls it divide, and it has the Emoji property, so an app may draw it in colour. Added in version 6.0 (2010) with ➕ and ➖.
⟌Long divisionU+27CC. The bracket of school long division: the divisor goes on its left and the dividend under its bar. Unicode's note: graphically extends over the dividend. In plain text the bar covers only the character itself. No Alt code, no HTML name, and no LaTeX macro outside the unicode-math package, where it is \longdivision. Added in version 5.1 (2008).
)‾‾‾Long division bracket with a barMade of U+0029 and U+203E. A right parenthesis and three overlines, which join into one bar. Type the divisor before it, and paste more ‾ to cover a longer dividend. Both pieces have been in Unicode since version 1.1 (1993); ⟌ came in version 5.1 (2008) and may need a maths font.
∶RatioU+2236. The colon as a maths sign. Unicode's note: preferred to the keyboard colon for denotation of division or scale in mathematical use. Schools in Germany, Austria and Switzerland write 12 : 3 = 4. ∶ in HTML.
Division signs 8
⌹APL functional symbol quad divideU+2339. ÷ in a box, from the programming language APL, which uses the plain ÷ for division and for the reciprocal.
⦼Circled anticlockwise-rotated division signU+29BC. A division sign turned until it looks like a percent sign, inside a ring. ⦼ in HTML. Added in version 3.2 (2002).
⋇Division timesU+22C7. A multiplication cross with the two dots of ÷. Unicode's note: ambiguous sign conflating two operators. \divideontimes in LaTeX needs the amssymb package. ⋇ in HTML.
➕➖✖️➗The four heavy operation signsMade of U+2795, U+2796, U+2716, U+FE0F and U+2797. Plus, minus, multiply and divide as the emoji list names them. ✖ carries U+FE0F because it lacks the Emoji presentation property the other three have, so on its own it defaults to the text drawing.
➗️Heavy division sign, emoji styleU+2797 U+FE0F. ➗ followed by U+FE0F, which asks for the emoji drawing.
➗︎Heavy division sign, text styleU+2797 U+FE0E. ➗ followed by U+FE0E, which asks for the plain, one-colour drawing. An app is free to ignore the request.
Leibnizian division signU+1CEF1. New in Unicode 18.0 (2026). Unicode files it under Historic Leibnizian mathematical operators, gives it the alias division, and cross-references ◡, a lower half circle, which hints at the shape.
Leibnizian multiplication-division signU+1CEF3. Unicode's note: ambiguous operator sign. It cross-references ⋇. New in Unicode 18.0 (2026).
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│Box drawings light verticalU+2502. Alt+179. The upright that Spain, Italy, France, Russia and others put between dividend and divisor, with the divisor on the right and the quotient under it. │ in HTML.
̅Combining overlineU+0305. Draws the bar on the digit before it, so the bar is exactly as wide as the dividend. Unicode's aliases: overscore, vinculum. Its note: connects on left and right. Paste it after each digit.
8̅4̅Digits under a vinculumMade of U+0038, U+0305 and U+0034. 8 and 4, each followed by U+0305. A sample of what the combining overline does: put ) or ⟌ in front and it reads as 84 under the bracket.
⟌‾‾Long division with a longer barMade of U+27CC and U+203E. ⟌ and two overlines. Whether the overlines meet the bracket's own bar depends on the font. Where they do not, use the row made with a parenthesis.
‾OverlineU+203E. The bar that goes over the dividend. Side by side, overlines join into one line, which the macron ¯ does not. ‾ in HTML. No Alt code.
)Right parenthesisU+0029. On the keyboard. The curved half of a hand-written long division bracket, which grew in the 18th century out of a one-line notation that used a left parenthesis.
√Square rootU+221A. Not a division bracket, though Unicode's entry for ⟌ cross-references it: the radical has a tick at the left and the long division sign has a curve. Alt+251, and the square root page has the rest.
│‾‾Straight long division bracketMade of U+2502 and U+203E. A box-drawing upright and two overlines, for the form of long division that splits off the divisor with a straight bar in place of the curve.
Slashes and colons 8
⧸Big solidusU+29F8. A tall slash that Unicode files under Large operators and cross-references to ∕. No Alt code and no HTML name. Added in version 3.2 (2002).
⊘Circled division slashU+2298. A slash in a ring. \oslash in LaTeX with no package, ⊘ in HTML. It is not ∅, the empty set, and not ⌀, the diameter sign.
:ColonU+003A. On the keyboard. Unicode's note: also used to denote division or scale, and for that mathematical use ∶ is preferred. ISO 80000-2 keeps the colon for ratios.
⹊Dotted solidusU+2E4A. A medieval punctuation mark, the virgula suspensiva, and no kind of division. Added in Unicode 11.0 (2018).
／Fullwidth solidusU+FF0F. The slash at the width of a Chinese, Japanese or Korean character. It is a separate character, so a formula will not accept it.
⟋Mathematical rising diagonalU+27CB. \diagup in LaTeX with the amssymb package, which is also Unicode's alias for it. A bare diagonal stroke that Unicode cross-references to ∕. Added in version 6.1 (2012).
/SolidusU+002F. On the keyboard, and the only division sign a spreadsheet or a programming language reads. ISO 80000-2 recommends it, or a fraction bar, for division. Unicode's aliases: slash, forward slash, virgule. / in HTML.
🙼Very heavy solidusU+1F67C. An ornament, not an operator: Unicode files it under Punctuation mark ornaments in the Ornamental Dingbats block. Added in Unicode 7.0 (2014).
Fractions 5
⅟Fraction numerator oneU+215F. A raised 1 with its slash, waiting for a denominator. Unicode decomposes it to the digit 1 and ⁄. A digit typed after it may stay full size, depending on the font.
1⁄2One half built with the fraction slashMade of U+0031, U+2044 and U+0032. The digit 1, ⁄ and the digit 2. Some fonts draw the three as one stacked fraction. A font without the rule shows 1⁄2 on one line, which still reads.
½Vulgar fraction one halfU+00BD. One divided by two as a single character. Alt+171 or Alt+0189, ½ in HTML, \textonehalf in LaTeX text.
¼Vulgar fraction one quarterU+00BC. Alt+172 or Alt+0188, ¼ in HTML, \textonequarter in LaTeX text.
¾Vulgar fraction three quartersU+00BE. Alt+0190 only: the PC character set has ½ and ¼ and stops there. ¾ in HTML, \textthreequarters in LaTeX text.
Divides, does not divide 3
∤Does not divideU+2224. ∣ struck through: 5 ∤ 12. \nmid in LaTeX needs the amssymb package. ∤ in HTML.
⫮Does not divide with reversed negation slashU+2AEE. The same statement with the stroke leaning the other way. ⫮ in HTML. Added in version 3.2 (2002).
|Vertical lineU+007C. On the keyboard, and what most people type for divides. Unicode cross-references it to ∣. \vert in LaTeX, | in HTML. Unicode's aliases: vertical bar, pipe.
Look-alikes 6
⁒Commercial minus signU+2052. A slash between two dots, used in Germany and Scandinavia to mark a deduction. Unicode's aliases include abzüglich. In Scandinavia ÷ itself has been written as a minus sign. \textdiscount in LaTeX text.
†DaggerU+2020. The other sign called an obelus: both descend from the same manuscript mark. Today it points to a footnote. Alt+0134, Option+T on a U.S. layout, † in HTML, \dagger in LaTeX. Unicode's aliases: obelisk, long cross, oblong cross.
∸Dot minusU+2238. A minus with one dot above, which is ÷ with the lower dot missing. Unicode's alias: saturating subtraction. ∸ in HTML.
⸓Dotted obelosU+2E13. An editor's mark from ancient Greek manuscripts, where an obelos flagged a doubtful passage. Unicode's note: glyph variants may look like ÷ or ∸. Added in version 4.1 (2005).
∺Geometric proportionU+223A. A minus sign with two dots above and two below. ∺ in HTML.
܋Syriac harklean obelusU+070B. A Syriac mark that Unicode cross-references to ÷. Its note: marks the beginning of a phrase, word, or morpheme that has a marginal note. Added in version 3.0 (1999).
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Leibnizian fraction reduction sign-1U+1CEF4. Unicode's alias: division. Its note: shows how numerator and denominator are divided equally to reduce a fraction. New in Unicode 18.0 (2026).
Leibnizian fraction reduction sign-2U+1CEF5. The second form of the reduction sign, with the same alias and note as the first. New in Unicode 18.0 (2026).