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Not Equal To HTML entity ≠
≠ is the HTML entity for Not Equal To ≠ (U+2260). Copy the decimal ≠ and hex ≠ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
≠- Also written
≠- Code point
- U+2260
- Unicode name
- NOT 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: "\2260";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u2260"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u2260"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{NOT EQUAL TO}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%89%A0Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 89 A03 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 22601 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
The not equal sign. Programming languages write != or <> because they were designed for ASCII keyboards; in prose and maths use ≠.
The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.
More maths operators
≢Not Identical to≜Delta Equal to≤Less-Than or Equal To≚Equiangular to≥Greater-Than or Equal To≙Estimates≦Less-Than over Equal to≗Ring 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).