≛
Technical information
| Symbol | ≛ | |
| Name | Star equals | |
| Unicode number | U+225B | |
| Category | Math stars | |
| Description | The Unicode character ≛, or U+225B, is known as the "Star Equals". It belongs to the "Mathematical Operators" block and falls under the "Math Symbol" category in the Unicode standard. The symbol consists of a horizontal line, which is the traditional equals sign, with a small five-pointed star directly above it. The "Star Equals" sign is not a common arithmetic operator like plus or minus. Instead, it can be used in specific mathematical contexts or other disciplines to represent a specialized equivalence or relationship. The specific meaning of this character can depend on the context in which it's being used. As with other symbols, the visual representation of "Star Equals" can vary slightly based on the font and typography used. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ≛ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ≛ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%89%9B | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x89 0x9B | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10001001:10011011 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x225B | |
| UTF-32 | 0x0000225B |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u225B" | |
| CSS Code | \225B | |
| JavaScript | "\u225B" | |
| Perl | \x{225B} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u225B" | |
| Python 3 | \u225B | |
| Ruby | \u{225B} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ≛ in sentence and in bold like this ≛ and in italic like this ≛.
input-group
Font size:
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12px
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16px
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20px
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28px
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36px
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48px
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72px
CSS Property: font-weight
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HTML Forms and Input
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disabled input
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select
button
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Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>≛</span>
span {
content: "\225B";
}The symbol in different fonts
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-apple-system
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Apple Color Emoji
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Arial
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BlinkMacSystemFont
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Courier New
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Georgia
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Droid Sans
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Helvetica
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Noto Sans
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Oxygen
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Roboto
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"Segoe UI"
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sans-serif
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Segoe UI Emoji
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Segoe UI Symbol
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system-ui
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Times New Roman
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Ubuntu
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Verdana