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U+FF1C · FULLWIDTH LESS-THAN SIGN

Fullwidth Less-Than Sign

  • CodepointU+FF1C
  • NameFULLWIDTH LESS-THAN SIGN
  • Decimal65308
  • BlockHalfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (U+FF00–U+FFEF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySm — Math Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthF — Fullwidth
  • MirroredYes

About this character

U+FF1C (＜) is FULLWIDTH LESS-THAN SIGN, a mathematical symbol in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms 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).

It is a fullwidth form of U+003C < (compatibility decomposition <wide>). NFC and NFD leave it alone, but NFKC and NFKD replace it with U+003C <. Search engines, identifier checks and username systems that apply NFKC will treat the two as the same text.

It is a mirrored character: in right-to-left text it is displayed as its mirror image, which matches U+FF1E ＞.

Its East Asian Width is Fullwidth, so terminals and monospaced layouts give it two columns.

How to type ＜

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8EF BC 9C3 bytes
UTF-16FF1C1 code unit
UTF-320000FF1C4 bytes
HTML decimal&#65308;
HTML hex&#xFF1C;
CSS\FF1Cin content: "…"
JavaScript\uFF1C
JSON\uFF1C
Python\uFF1C
Python\N{FULLWIDTH LESS-THAN SIGN}by name
Java / C#\uFF1C
C / C++\uFF1Cuniversal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{FF1C}
Go\uFF1C
Ruby\uFF1C
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(65308)
URL-encoded%EF%BC%9Cpercent-encoded UTF-8
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Normalization forms

Normalizer →
NFCunchanged
NFDunchanged
NFKCU+003C <
NFKDU+003C <
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Nearby in Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms

All in block →
U+FF16６Fullwidth Digit Six U+FF17７Fullwidth Digit Seven U+FF18８Fullwidth Digit Eight U+FF19９Fullwidth Digit Nine U+FF1A：Fullwidth Colon U+FF1B；Fullwidth Semicolon U+FF1D＝Fullwidth Equals Sign U+FF1E＞Fullwidth Greater-Than Sign U+FF1F？Fullwidth Question Mark U+FF20＠Fullwidth Commercial at U+FF21ＡFullwidth Latin Capital Letter A U+FF22ＢFullwidth Latin Capital Letter B