RING EQUAL TO·U+2257

Character Information

Code Point
U+2257
HEX
2257
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Math Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 89 97
11100010 10001001 10010111
UTF16 (big Endian)
22 57
00100010 01010111
UTF16 (little Endian)
57 22
01010111 00100010
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 22 57
00000000 00000000 00100010 01010111
UTF32 (little Endian)
57 22 00 00
01010111 00100010 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
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URI Encoded
%E2%89%97

Description

The Unicode character U+2257, known as "RING EQUAL TO," serves a vital function in mathematical expressions within digital text. It is utilized to represent an inequality relation in mathematical notation systems. Specifically, the RING EQUAL TO symbol represents an imbalance in a mathematical expression and denotes that one side of the equation is not equal to the other. This character is particularly useful for illustrating relationships between values or entities where equality does not hold true. In the realm of digital typography, U+2257 is frequently employed in various programming languages, scientific documents, and mathematical texts to accurately convey the sense of inequality.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 8791 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+2257. 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+2257 to binary: 00100010 01010111. 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 10010111