Unicode Character "≠" (U+2260)

The character ≠ (Not Equal To) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2260. It is encoded in the Mathematical Operators block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ≠.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Not Equal To
Unicode Codepoint U+2260
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Mathematical Operators
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered
Decomposition mapping

U+2260 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ≠
HTML (hex) ≠
HTML (named) ≠
URL Escape Code %E2%89%A0
CSS \002260
JavaScript, JSON \u2260
C, C++, Java \u2260
Python \u2260
Rust \u{2260}
Ruby \u2260

How to type "≠"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 6 0. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 6 0. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ≠
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ≠
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ≠
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x89 0xA0
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2260
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002260

References