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Greater-Than or Equal To HTML entity ≥
≥ is the HTML entity for Greater-Than or Equal To ≥ (U+2265). Copy ≥, ≥ and the CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
≥- Also written
≥≥- Code point
- U+2265
- Unicode name
- GREATER-THAN OR 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: "\2265";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u2265"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u2265"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{GREATER-THAN OR EQUAL TO}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%89%A5Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 89 A53 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 22651 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
Greater than or equal to, as in age ≥ 18. The code form >= needs no escaping, but the symbol reads better in prose and tables.
The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.
More maths operators
≧Greater-Than over Equal to≢Not Identical to≨Less-Than But Not Equal to≡Identical To≩Greater-Than But Not Equal to≠Not Equal To≪Much Less-Than≟Questioned Equal to
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).