Unicode Character "<" (U+FF1C)

The character (Fullwidth Less-Than Sign) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+FF1C. It is encoded in the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as <. Its mirrored character is (U+FF1E).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Fullwidth Less-Than Sign
Unicode Codepoint U+FF1C
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character (U+FF1E)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+FF1C Conversion

HTML (decimal) <
HTML (hex) <
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %EF%BC%9C
CSS \00FF1C
JavaScript, JSON \uFF1C
C, C++, Java \uFF1C
Python \uFF1C
Rust \u{FF1C}
Ruby \uFF1C

How to type "<"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type F F 1 C. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type F F 1 C. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xEF 0xBC 0x9C
UTF-16 (hex) 0xFF1C
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000FF1C

References