Plus Emoji
Symbols
A bold, thick-lined red or black plus sign. It serves as a universal indicator for addition, positive values, or the act of joining things together.
Usage Context
Used widely in digital interfaces to represent an 'add' function, such as creating a new post, expanding a menu, or increasing a volume level. It often appears in financial contexts to denote a surplus, and is frequently paired with ➖ to show opposing forces or contrasting actions.
History
The plus sign has roots in the 14th century as a shorthand for the Latin word 'et' (meaning 'and'), eventually becoming the standard mathematical operator for addition. It was integrated into Unicode 1.1 in 1993, bridging the gap between historical pen-and-paper notation and modern touchscreen UI design.
Details
Glyph
➕
Unicode
U+2795
Shortcode
:emoji_u2795:
HTML Entity
➕
Specifications
Vendor Google
Category Symbols
Subcategory math
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License CC-BY 4.0
Google Noto License
Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0
Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.
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