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U+2261 · IDENTICAL TO

Identical to

  • CodepointU+2261
  • NameIDENTICAL TO
  • Decimal8801
  • 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
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2261 (≡) is IDENTICAL TO, a mathematical symbol in the Mathematical Operators block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

Its East Asian Width is Ambiguous: it takes one column in Western contexts and two in East Asian legacy contexts, a common cause of misaligned tables in terminals.

How to type ≡

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 89 A13 bytes
UTF-1622611 code unit
UTF-32000022614 bytes
HTML named≡named character reference
HTML named≡named character reference
HTML decimal≡
HTML hex≡
CSS\2261in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2261
JSON\u2261
Python\u2261
Python\N{IDENTICAL TO}by name
Java / C#\u2261
C / C++\u2261universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2261}
Go\u2261
Ruby\u2261
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8801)
URL-encoded%E2%89%A1percent-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+2263≣Strictly Equivalent to
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Characters built on ≡

U+2262≢Not Identical to
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Nearby in Mathematical Operators

All in block →
U+225B≛Star Equals U+225C≜Delta Equal to U+225D≝Equal to by Definition U+225E≞Measured by U+225F≟Questioned Equal to U+2260≠Not Equal to U+2262≢Not Identical to U+2263≣Strictly Equivalent to U+2264≤Less-Than or Equal to U+2265≥Greater-Than or Equal to U+2266≦Less-Than Over Equal to U+2267≧Greater-Than Over Equal to