≊ is the Unicode character ALMOST EQUAL OR EQUAL TO, code point U+224A (decimal 8778) in the Mathematical Operators block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ≊, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 89 8A.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+224A |
| Decimal | 8778 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 89 8A |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 224A |
| UTF-32 | 0000224A |
| HTML decimal | ≊ |
| HTML hex | ≊ |
| HTML named | ≊ ≊ |
| CSS | \224A |
| JavaScript | \u224A |
| JSON | \u224A |
| Python | \u224A |
| Python by name | \N{ALMOST EQUAL OR EQUAL TO} |
| Java, C# | \u224A |
| Rust, Swift | \u{224A} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u224A |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%89%8A |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | ALMOST EQUAL OR EQUAL TO |
| Code point | U+224A (decimal 8778) |
| Block | Mathematical Operators (U+2200–U+22FF) |
| General category | Sm: Math symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | Yes |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Mathematical Operators
- ≂ U+2242 Minus Tilde
- ≃ U+2243 Asymptotically Equal To
- ≄ U+2244 Not Asymptotically Equal To
- ≅ U+2245 Approximately Equal To
- ≆ U+2246 Approximately But Not Actually Equal To
- ≇ U+2247 Neither Approximately Nor Actually Equal To
- ≈ U+2248 Almost Equal To
- ≉ U+2249 Not Almost Equal To
- ≋ U+224B Triple Tilde
- ≌ U+224C All Equal To
- ≍ U+224D Equivalent To
- ≎ U+224E Geometrically Equivalent To
- ≏ U+224F Difference Between
- ≐ U+2250 Approaches The Limit
- ≑ U+2251 Geometrically Equal To
- ≒ U+2252 Approximately Equal To Or The Image Of
All 256 characters: Mathematical Operators.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ≊?
- Use the named entity ≊, or ≊ (decimal) or ≊ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+224A?
- E2 89 8A (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%89%8A.
- How do I write U+224A in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u224A. Python: \u224A.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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