Technical information

Symbol
NameIncrement
Unicode numberU+2206
CategoryTriangle
DescriptionThe Unicode character ∆, or U+2206, is known as "Increment". It is part of the "Mathematical Operators" block and is categorized under the "Math Symbol" category in the Unicode standard. The increment sign is commonly used in mathematics and science to denote a change in a variable. It is often used to represent a discrete increment in a variable, as contrasted with a derivative which is an infinitesimal increment. In simple terms, it can be seen as the symbol for "change". It's also frequently used in calculus, physics, and other mathematical applications.

Encoding

HTML Entity∆
HTML Entity (hex)∆
URL Escape Code%E2%88%86
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x88 0x86
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10001000:10000110
UTF-160x2206
UTF-320x00002206

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2206"
CSS Code\2206
JavaScript"\u2206"
Perl\x{2206}
Python 2u"\u2206"
Python 3\u2206
Ruby\u{2206}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ∆ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

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HTML Forms and Input

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Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#8710;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2206";
}

The symbol in different fonts

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Courier New
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"Segoe UI"
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