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Approximately Equal to HTML entity ≅
≅ is the HTML entity for Approximately Equal to ≅ (U+2245). Copy ≅, ≅ and the CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
≅- Also written
≅- Code point
- U+2245
- Unicode name
- APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO
- 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: "\2245";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u2245"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u2245"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{APPROXIMATELY EQUAL TO}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%89%85Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 89 853 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 22451 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
≅ writes U+2245 (Approximately Equal to), a maths symbol from the Unicode Mathematical Operators block, encoded since Unicode 1.1. For more than a symbol or two, MathML, supported in all major browsers since 2023, gives proper maths spacing and layout.
The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.
More maths operators
≇Neither Approximately Nor Actually Equal to≃Asymptotically Equal to≈Almost Equal To≂Minus Tilde≉Not Almost Equal to≁Not Tilde≊Almost Equal or Equal to≀Wreath Product
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).