Unicode Character "≈" U+2248 Almost Equal To

Unicode Version 15.1

Summary

The unicode character "≈" at code point U+2248 is Almost Equal To. It is a character in the Mathematical Operators block and is part of the Common script. The character is a math symbol. The UTF-8 encoding of "≈" is 0xE2 0x89 0x88 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x2248.

General Properties

Code Point U+2248
Version Added 1.1
Name Almost Equal To
Block Mathematical Operators
General Category Math Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Mirrored Yes

Encodings

HTML Entity ≈
≈
≈
≈
≈
≈
HTML Decimal Encoding ≈
HTML Hex Encoding ≈
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x89 0x88
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2248
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002248
C/C++/Java Escape \u2248

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic)
East Asian Width Ambiguous
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Pattern Syntax Yes
Math Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other