PLUS-MINUS 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 PLUS-MINUS SIGN (±)

Windows Instructions

Hold Alt + type 0177 or Alt + 241 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 + Shift + =

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

Technical Specifications & Encoding Details

Unicode Codepoint	U+00B1
Decimal Value	177
Hexadecimal Value	0x00B1
UTF-8 Bytes	0xC2 0xB1
HTML Named Entity	±
HTML Decimal Entity	±
HTML Hex Entity	±
General Category	Math Symbol (Sm)
Unicode Block	Latin-1 Supplement
Script	Common