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U+2248 · ALMOST EQUAL TO

Almost Equal to

  • CodepointU+2248
  • NameALMOST EQUAL TO
  • Decimal8776
  • BlockMathematical Operators (U+2200–U+22FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySm — Math Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthA — Ambiguous
  • MirroredYes
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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 89 883 bytes
UTF-1622481 code unit
UTF-32000022484 bytes
HTML named≈named character reference
HTML named≈named character reference
HTML named≈named character reference
HTML decimal≈
HTML hex≈
CSS\2248in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2248
JSON\u2248
Python\u2248
Python\N{ALMOST EQUAL TO}by name
Java / C#\u2248
C / C++\u2248universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2248}
Go\u2248
Ruby\u2248
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8776)
URL-encoded%E2%89%88percent-encoded UTF-8
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Looks similar

Characters that Unicode’s security data (UTS #39 confusables) lists as visually confusable with this one. Useful for spotting lookalike spoofing in URLs and usernames.

U+111DE𑇞Sharada Section Mark-1
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Characters built on ≈

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Nearby in Mathematical Operators

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