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 Twitter/X

Category Symbols

Subcategory math

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

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