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U+2AAA · SMALLER THAN

Smaller Than

CodepointU+2AAA
NameSMALLER THAN
Decimal10922
BlockSupplemental Mathematical Operators (U+2A00–U+2AFF)
Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
ScriptCommon
CategorySm — Math Symbol
Unicode version3.2 (2002)
Bidi classON — Other Neutral
Combining class0
East Asian widthN — Neutral
MirroredYes

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →

UTF-8	`E2 AA AA`	3 bytes
UTF-16	`2AAA`	1 code unit
UTF-32	`00002AAA`	4 bytes
HTML named	`&smt;`	named character reference
HTML decimal	`⪪`
HTML hex	`⪪`
CSS	`\2AAA`	in content: "…"
JavaScript	`\u2AAA`
JSON	`\u2AAA`
Python	`\u2AAA`
Python	`\N{SMALLER THAN}`	by name
Java / C#	`\u2AAA`
C / C++	`\u2AAA`	universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP	`\u{2AAA}`
Go	`\u2AAA`
Ruby	`\u2AAA`
Excel / Sheets	`=UNICHAR(10922)`
URL-encoded	`%E2%AA%AA`	percent-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+15D5ᗕCanadian Syllabics Carrier Wa

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Nearby in Supplemental Mathematical Operators

All in block →

U+2AA4⪤Greater-Than Overlapping Less-Than U+2AA5⪥Greater-Than Beside Less-Than U+2AA6⪦Less-Than Closed by Curve U+2AA7⪧Greater-Than Closed by Curve U+2AA8⪨Less-Than Closed by Curve Above Slanted Equal U+2AA9⪩Greater-Than Closed by Curve Above Slanted Equal U+2AAB⪫Larger Than U+2AAC⪬Smaller Than or Equal to U+2AAD⪭Larger Than or Equal to U+2AAE⪮Equals Sign with Bumpy Above U+2AAF⪯Precedes Above Single-Line Equals Sign U+2AB0⪰Succeeds Above Single-Line Equals Sign