# ÷ U+00F7 DIVISION SIGN

Division sign, a horizontal line with a dot above and below, called the obelus, used for divide on calculators.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `÷` |
| Codepoint | U+00F7 |
| Name | DIVISION SIGN |
| Also known as | obelus |
| Block | [Latin-1 Supplement](https://unicodekit.com/block/latin-1-supplement) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `÷` `÷` |
| CSS | `\F7` |
| JavaScript | `\u00F7` |
| UTF-8 | C3 B7 |
| UTF-16 | 00F7 |

## Notes

- occasionally used as an alternate, more visually distinct shape for a hyphen in some contexts
- historically used as a punctuation mark to denote questionable passages in manuscripts

## Related characters

- ö [U+00F6 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/00F6)
- ø [U+00F8 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00F8)
- õ [U+00F5 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00F5)
- ù [U+00F9 LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00F9)
- ô [U+00F4 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX](https://unicodekit.com/char/00F4)
- ú [U+00FA LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00FA)
- ó [U+00F3 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00F3)
- û [U+00FB LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX](https://unicodekit.com/char/00FB)
- ò [U+00F2 LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00F2)
- ü [U+00FC LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS](https://unicodekit.com/char/00FC)
- ñ [U+00F1 LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00F1)
- ý [U+00FD LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE](https://unicodekit.com/char/00FD)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/00F7 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/00F7