This code point first appeared in version 1.1 of the Unicode® Standard and belongs to the "Mathematical Operators" block which goes from 0x2200 to 0x22FF.
You can safely add this character in your html code with the entity: ≂
You can use the u+2242 copy pc button below.
Easy u+2242 copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+2242 name is minus tilde emoji.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint (hex) | 2242, u2242 |
| Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
| Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | - |
| Official name (Unicode 15.0) | MINUS TILDE |
| resolved name | minus tilde |
| block | Mathematical Operators (Math_Operators) |
| common typos | u+2242, u+4222 |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 2242 like u 2242, (u+2242) or u +2242. You can also find u-2242, u*2242, un+2242, u2242, u=2242 or c+2242. You can also spell it with u 2242 unicode, u plus 2242, uncode 2242 or unicode + 2242.
Its bidirectional class is "ON":Other Neutrals (All other characters, including OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER)
Glyphs and symbols in your browser
The following unicode chart presents different versions of the glyph corresponding to the unicode characters u+2242 that are available on your computer.
In order to type this character easily, you may want to download and install a unicode Mathematical Operators keyboard.
A sample of fonts are used below to display whether the character has a glyph in this font or not.
Encodings (Unicode characters converter)
The following character table converter for +u2242 allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
| encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | E2 89 82 | 14846338 | 11100010 10001001 10000010 |
| UCS2 | 42 22 | 16930 | 01000010 00100010 |
| UTF-16LE | 42 22 | 16930 | 01000010 00100010 |
| UTF-16BE | 22 42 | 8770 | 00100010 01000010 |
| UTF7 | 2B 49 6B 49 2D | 185915361581 | 00101011 01001001 01101011 01001001 00101101 |
| UTF7-IMAP | 26 49 6B 49 2D | 164440525101 | 00100110 01001001 01101011 01001001 00101101 |