U+FF1D "＝" Fullwidth Equals Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
＝
U+FF1D "＝" Fullwidth Equals Sign is a typographic variant of the standard equals sign, designed to occupy the same width as a fullwidth CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) character, which is typically twice as wide as a regular Latin character. It belongs to the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block and is used in East Asian text environments where consistent monospaced alignment is desired, such as in tables, computer terminals, or when mixing Latin and CJK characters to maintain visual uniformity. Despite its distinct width, this character is semantically identical to the basic ASCII equals sign and is intended for presentation purposes rather than mathematical computation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FF1D |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Fullwidth Equals Sign |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Decomposition Type | Wide |
| Decomposition Mapping | "=" U+003D Equals Sign |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ＝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ＝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xBC 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFF1D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FF1D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uff1d |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Ideographic |
| East Asian Width | Fullwidth |
| 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 |