U+FF1E "＞" Fullwidth Greater-than Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
＞
U+FF1E "＞" Fullwidth Greater-than Sign is a typographic variant of the standard greater-than symbol designed for use in monospaced or double-width character sets, primarily for compatibility with East Asian text systems where characters occupy a full square width. It belongs to the Fullwidth Forms block in Unicode, which maps to the ASCII range by substituting each halfwidth character with a visually equivalent fullwidth counterpart. Unlike the regular less-than sign at U+003C, this version ensures uniform spacing when mixed with CJK ideographs, making it commonly used in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean text for mathematical expressions, comparisons, or formatting in environments like terminal emulators and programming contexts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+FF1E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Fullwidth Greater-than Sign |
| Block | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "＜" U+FF1C Fullwidth Less-than Sign |
| Decomposition Type | Wide |
| Decomposition Mapping | ">" U+003E Greater-than Sign |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ＞ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ＞ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xEF 0xBC 0x9E |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xFF1E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000FF1E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \uff1e |
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+003E Greater-than Sign |
| NFKC Simple Casefold | ">" U+003E Greater-than 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 |