÷

÷ U+00F7, ÷ DIVISION SIGN ← ö [U+00F6] Latin-1 Supplement ø → [U+00F8]

➗ U+2797, ➗ HEAVY DIVISION SIGN ← ➖ [U+2796] Dingbats ➘ → [U+2798]

Translingual

Description

A horizontal dash between two vertically aligned dots.

Symbol

÷

1. (mathematics) division

   6 ÷ 2 = 3

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:÷.

Synonyms

• ∕

Antonyms

• ×

Presentations of ➗︎

Text style	Emoji style
➗︎	➗️
Note: Character's appearance may be different on each system. Text style is forced with ︎ and emoji style with ️

See also

• ⁒
• %

Further reading

• Division sign on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Verb

÷

1. (Medieval Latin) Scribal abbreviation of est; third-person singular present active indicative of sum
   • 845, St. Gall Priscian Glosses, Irish manuscript of Priscianus Caesariensis, Institutiones Grammaticae (526–527), De Oratione

     Oratio÷ ordinatio dictionũ ↄgrua sententiã p̛fectã demonstrans.

     A sentence is a coherent arrangement of words showing a complete thought.