≜ is the Unicode character DELTA EQUAL TO, code point U+225C (decimal 8796) in the Mathematical Operators block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ≜, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 89 9C.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+225C |
| Decimal | 8796 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 89 9C |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 225C |
| UTF-32 | 0000225C |
| HTML decimal | ≜ |
| HTML hex | ≜ |
| HTML named | ≜ ≜ |
| CSS | \225C |
| JavaScript | \u225C |
| JSON | \u225C |
| Python | \u225C |
| Python by name | \N{DELTA EQUAL TO} |
| Java, C# | \u225C |
| Rust, Swift | \u{225C} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u225C |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%89%9C |
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 | DELTA EQUAL TO |
| Code point | U+225C (decimal 8796) |
| 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 | No |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Mathematical Operators
- ≔ U+2254 Colon Equals
- ≕ U+2255 Equals Colon
- ≖ U+2256 Ring In Equal To
- ≗ U+2257 Ring Equal To
- ≘ U+2258 Corresponds To
- ≙ U+2259 Estimates
- ≚ U+225A Equiangular To
- ≛ U+225B Star Equals
- ≝ U+225D Equal To By Definition
- ≞ U+225E Measured By
- ≟ U+225F Questioned Equal To
- ≠ U+2260 Not Equal To
- ≡ U+2261 Identical To
- ≢ U+2262 Not Identical To
- ≣ U+2263 Strictly Equivalent To
- ≤ U+2264 Less-Than Or Equal To
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+225C?
- E2 89 9C (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%89%9C.
- How do I write U+225C in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u225C. Python: \u225C.
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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