U+FE66 "﹦" Small Equals Sign Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FE66 "﹦" Small Equals Sign is a typographic variant of the standard equals sign, designed to be used in small-scale or cramped text settings where a full-sized equals sign would be visually disproportionate. It belongs to the CJK Compatibility Forms block, which contains characters optimized for compatibility with East Asian typographic standards, particularly for use alongside CJK characters or in vertical text. This small equals sign retains the same mathematical meaning as its standard counterpart, representing equality between two expressions, but its reduced size allows it to harmonize better with surrounding glyphs in specialized contexts such as annotations, footnotes, or tightly justified layouts. While not commonly used in general text, it provides a useful option for designers and typesetters seeking precise visual alignment.

General Properties

Code Point U+FE66
Version Added 1.1
Name Small Equals Sign
Block Small Form Variants
General Category Math Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Decomposition Type Small
Decomposition Mapping "=" U+003D Equals Sign

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﹦
HTML Hex Encoding ﹦
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xB9 0xA6
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFE66
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FE66
C/C++/Java Escape \ufe66

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "=" U+003D Equals Sign
NFKC Simple Casefold "=" U+003D Equals Sign
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Math Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other