Unicode Character "<" U+003C Less-than Sign
Unicode Version 15.1
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Summary
The unicode character "<" at code point U+003C is Less-than Sign. It is a character in the Basic Latin block and is part of the Common script. The character is a math symbol. The UTF-8 encoding of "<" is 0x3C and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x003C.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+003C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Less-than Sign |
| Block | Basic Latin |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | ">" U+003E Greater-than Sign |
Encodings
| HTML Entity | < < |
| HTML Decimal Encoding | < |
| HTML Hex Encoding | < |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0x3C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x003C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000003C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u003c |