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Angle HTML entity ∠
∠ is the HTML entity for Angle ∠ (U+2220). Copy the decimal ∠ and hex ∠ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
∠- Also written
∠- Code point
- U+2220
- Unicode name
- ANGLE
- Block
- Mathematical Operators
- Category
- Math symbol (Sm)
- Since
- Unicode 1.1
- Defined in
- HTML 4.01 and HTML5
Codes to copy
| HTML named | ∠Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined. | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | ∠Works in HTML and XML. | |
| HTML hex | ∠Works in HTML and XML. | |
| CSS | content: "\2220";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u2220"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u2220"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{ANGLE}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%88%A0Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 88 A03 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 22201 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
The angle sign, as in ∠ABC. HTML5 also names the measured angle ∡ and the right angle ∟.
The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.
More maths operators
∢Spherical Angle∞Infinity∣Divides∝Proportional to∤Does Not Divide√Square Root Sign∥Parallel to∘Ring Operator
All maths operators · Every HTML entity · Encode or decode text
Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).