U+2246 "≆" Approximately but Not Actually Equal To Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
≆
U+2246 "≆" Approximately but Not Actually Equal To is a mathematical symbol used to denote a relationship of similarity or rough equality that is deliberately denied, indicating that two values or expressions are close in measure or appearance but are not considered mathematically equivalent, often employed in contexts like approximation theory or set comparison to specify a near match that fails a stricter equality test.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2246 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Approximately but Not Actually Equal To |
| Block | Mathematical Operators |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ≆ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ≆ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x89 0x86 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2246 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002246 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2246 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Math | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |