DIVISION SIGN

Official Unicode character in the Latin-1 Supplement block. Use the copy buttons or follow the platform-specific instructions below to type this character.

How to Type the DIVISION SIGN (÷)

Windows Instructions

Hold Alt + type 0247 or Alt + 246 on NumPad

Num Lock must be turned on. Numbers must be typed on the physical numeric keypad on the right.

macOS (Apple) Instructions

Press Option + /

Standard macOS mnemonic Option key shortcut compatible with US and International Mac keyboards.

Technical Specifications & Encoding Details

Unicode Codepoint	U+00F7
Decimal Value	247
Hexadecimal Value	0x00F7
UTF-8 Bytes	0xC3 0xB7
HTML Named Entity	÷
HTML Decimal Entity	÷
HTML Hex Entity	÷
General Category	Math Symbol (Sm)
Unicode Block	Latin-1 Supplement
Script	Common