| Symbol Name | Circled Minus |
| Unicode Version | 1.1 |
| Unicode | U+2296 |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| CSS Code | \2296 |
| Hex Code | 0x2296 |
| HTML Code | ⊖ |
| LaTeX | \ominus |
| Symbol | ⊖ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%8A%96 |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Circled Minus |
| UTF-8 | E2 8A 96 |
| UTF-16 | 2296 |
| UTF-32 | 00002296 |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3\ominus 4\end{document}You can type the circled minus symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Alt + 8854 on Windows (numeric keypad with Num Lock), or insert via Character Map.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "circled minus", or use Unicode Hex Input with 2296.
Ctrl + Shift + U, type 2296, then Enter (layout-dependent).
Paste from this page, use text replacement, or pick from the symbol keyboard.
Paste from this page or use a keyboard with geometric symbol support.
1span.circled-minus::before { content: "\2296"; }1<span>⊖</span>Circled Minus symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | '\u2296' or String.fromCodePoint(8854) |
| Python | '\N{CIRCLED MINUS}' or chr(8854) |
| Rust | '\u{2296}' |
| C / C++ | UTF-8 source or wchar_t with U+2296 |
| Go | string(rune(0x2296)) |
| Ruby | "\u{2296}" |