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+2248 copy pc button below.
Easy u+2248 copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+2248 name is almost equal to emoji.
field | value |
---|---|
Codepoint (hex) | 2248, u2248 |
Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | - |
Official name (Unicode 15.0) | ALMOST EQUAL TO |
resolved name | almost equal to |
block | Mathematical Operators (Math_Operators) |
common typos | u+2248, u+4228 |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 2248 like u 2248, (u+2248) or u +2248. You can also find u-2248, u*2248, un+2248, u2248, u=2248 or c+2248. You can also spell it with u 2248 unicode, u plus 2248, uncode 2248 or unicode + 2248.
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+2248 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 +u2248 allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
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UTF-8 | E2 89 88 | 14846344 | 11100010 10001001 10001000 |
UCS2 | 48 22 | 18466 | 01001000 00100010 |
UTF-16LE | 48 22 | 18466 | 01001000 00100010 |
UTF-16BE | 22 48 | 8776 | 00100010 01001000 |
UTF7 | 2B 49 6B 67 2D | 185915369261 | 00101011 01001001 01101011 01100111 00101101 |
UTF7-IMAP | 26 49 6B 67 2D | 164440532781 | 00100110 01001001 01101011 01100111 00101101 |