GREATER-THAN BUT NOT EQUAL TO·U+2269

Character Information

Code Point
U+2269
HEX
2269
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Math Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 89 A9
11100010 10001001 10101001
UTF16 (big Endian)
22 69
00100010 01101001
UTF16 (little Endian)
69 22
01101001 00100010
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 22 69
00000000 00000000 00100010 01101001
UTF32 (little Endian)
69 22 00 00
01101001 00100010 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
≩
URI Encoded
%E2%89%A9

Description

The Unicode character U+2269 represents the "Greater-Than But Not Equal To" symbol (>). In digital text, this character is often used in mathematical equations, programming languages, and logical comparisons to indicate that a given value is greater than another value but not equal to it. This character can be found in various fonts and encodings, including ASCII and Unicode. The "Greater-Than But Not Equal To" symbol holds significance in computer science and engineering disciplines due to its use in sorting algorithms, search algorithms, and comparison operations. It is a vital component of the programming languages like C++, Java, Python, and many others that follow the syntax rules of arithmetic comparison.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 8809 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+2269. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
    Where the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+2269 to binary: 00100010 01101001. Those are the payload bits.

  3. Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:

    Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
    11100010 10001001 10101001