➖ Minus

The ➖ Minus emoji belongs to the maths symbols, filed by Unicode under Symbols. People send it when the subject is -, −, heavy and math. Further official keywords are sign.

➖ works in messages, comments, captions and profile names. On SmileyZone it is filed under Maths and Numbers. Added in 2010 with Emoji 0.6, it displays correctly on every up-to-date system. Its code point is U+2796.

• ➖ works as a one-character reply when - is the subject.
• Fits messages about -, −, heavy and math.
• Often seen near ➗ Divide, ➕ Plus and ✖️ Multiply.

Easy to mix up with ➗ Divide, ➕ Plus or ✖️ Multiply. They sit in the same Unicode subgroup and look similar at small sizes, so it is worth checking the name before sending.