U+226B "≫" Much Greater-Than Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+226B "≫" Much Greater-Than is a mathematical symbol used to denote that one quantity is significantly or vastly larger than another, extending the basic greater than sign to indicate a more pronounced inequality. It is typically applied in fields like algebra, number theory, and computer science, especially within asymptotic notation to express orders of growth where a function dominates another to a high degree. The character is distinct from its double horizontal line appearance in the "Much Greater-Than" form, and it is often paired with its counterpart, "≪" (U+226A), for comparisons in the opposite direction.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+226B |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Much Greater-Than |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Much Greater Than |
| Block | Mathematical Operators |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "≪" U+226A Much Less-Than |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ≫ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ≫ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x89 0xAB |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x226B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000226B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u226b |