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+2255 copy pc button below.
Easy u+2255 copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+2255 name is equals colon emoji.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint (hex) | 2255, u2255 |
| Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
| Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | EQUAL COLON |
| Official name (Unicode 15.0) | EQUALS COLON |
| resolved name | equals colon |
| block | Mathematical Operators (Math_Operators) |
| common typos | u+2255, u+5225 |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 2255 like u 2255, (u+2255) or u +2255. You can also find u-2255, u*2255, un+2255, u2255, u=2255 or c+2255. You can also spell it with u 2255 unicode, u plus 2255, uncode 2255 or unicode + 2255.
Its bidirectional class is "ON":Other Neutrals (All other characters, including OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER)
You can find a character that is a mirrored image of equals colon
Glyphs and symbols in your browser
The following unicode chart presents different versions of the glyph corresponding to the unicode characters u+2255 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 +u2255 allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
| encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | E2 89 95 | 14846357 | 11100010 10001001 10010101 |
| UCS2 | 55 22 | 21794 | 01010101 00100010 |
| UTF-16LE | 55 22 | 21794 | 01010101 00100010 |
| UTF-16BE | 22 55 | 8789 | 00100010 01010101 |
| UTF7 | 2B 49 6C 55 2D | 185915430189 | 00101011 01001001 01101100 01010101 00101101 |
| UTF7-IMAP | 26 49 6C 55 2D | 164440593709 | 00100110 01001001 01101100 01010101 00101101 |