SUPERSET OF OR EQUAL TO·U+2287

Character Information

Code Point
U+2287
HEX
2287
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Math Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 8A 87
11100010 10001010 10000111
UTF16 (big Endian)
22 87
00100010 10000111
UTF16 (little Endian)
87 22
10000111 00100010
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 22 87
00000000 00000000 00100010 10000111
UTF32 (little Endian)
87 22 00 00
10000111 00100010 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
⊇
URI Encoded
%E2%8A%87

Description

The Unicode character U+2287, known as the "Subset of or Equal to" symbol (⊆), plays a crucial role in digital text, specifically in set theory and computer science. It is often used to denote that one set contains all elements from another set or is equal to it. This symbol is particularly important in algorithms, programming languages, and mathematical expressions where the relationships between different sets need to be clearly defined. While not culturally significant, its use in various technical fields emphasizes its importance in maintaining precision and avoiding ambiguity in communication.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 8839 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+2287. 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+2287 to binary: 00100010 10000111. 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 10001010 10000111