⋜ is the Unicode character EQUAL TO OR LESS-THAN, code point U+22DC (decimal 8924) in the Mathematical Operators block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ⋜, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 8B 9C.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+22DC |
| Decimal | 8924 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8B 9C |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 22DC |
| UTF-32 | 000022DC |
| HTML decimal | ⋜ |
| HTML hex | ⋜ |
| CSS | \22DC |
| JavaScript | \u22DC |
| JSON | \u22DC |
| Python | \u22DC |
| Python by name | \N{EQUAL TO OR LESS-THAN} |
| Java, C# | \u22DC |
| Rust, Swift | \u{22DC} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u22DC |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%8B%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 | EQUAL TO OR LESS-THAN |
| Code point | U+22DC (decimal 8924) |
| 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+22D4 Pitchfork
- ⋕ U+22D5 Equal And Parallel To
- ⋖ U+22D6 Less-Than With Dot
- ⋗ U+22D7 Greater-Than With Dot
- ⋘ U+22D8 Very Much Less-Than
- ⋙ U+22D9 Very Much Greater-Than
- ⋚ U+22DA Less-Than Equal To Or Greater-Than
- ⋛ U+22DB Greater-Than Equal To Or Less-Than
- ⋝ U+22DD Equal To Or Greater-Than
- ⋞ U+22DE Equal To Or Precedes
- ⋟ U+22DF Equal To Or Succeeds
- ⋠ U+22E0 Does Not Precede Or Equal
- ⋡ U+22E1 Does Not Succeed Or Equal
- ⋢ U+22E2 Not Square Image Of Or Equal To
- ⋣ U+22E3 Not Square Original Of Or Equal To
- ⋤ U+22E4 Square Image Of Or Not Equal To
All 256 characters: Mathematical Operators.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⋜?
- Use ⋜ (decimal) or ⋜ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+22DC?
- E2 8B 9C (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%8B%9C.
- How do I write U+22DC in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u22DC. Python: \u22DC.
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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