Unicode Character "⫺" (U+2AFA)

The character ⫺ (Double-Line Slanted Greater-Than Or Equal To) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2AFA. It is encoded in the Supplemental Mathematical Operators block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.2 (March, 2002). It is HTML encoded as ⫺. Its mirrored character is ⫹ (U+2AF9).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Double-Line Slanted Greater-Than Or Equal To
Unicode Codepoint U+2AFA
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Supplemental Mathematical Operators
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character ⫹ (U+2AF9)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2AFA Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⫺
HTML (hex) ⫺
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%AB%BA
CSS \002AFA
JavaScript, JSON \u2AFA
C, C++, Java \u2AFA
Python \u2AFA
Rust \u{2AFA}
Ruby \u2AFA

How to type "⫺"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 A F A. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 A F A. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xAB 0xBA
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2AFA
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002AFA

References