LARGE LEFT TRIANGLE OPERATOR·U+2A1E

Character Information

Code Point
U+2A1E
HEX
2A1E
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Math Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 A8 9E
11100010 10101000 10011110
UTF16 (big Endian)
2A 1E
00101010 00011110
UTF16 (little Endian)
1E 2A
00011110 00101010
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 2A 1E
00000000 00000000 00101010 00011110
UTF32 (little Endian)
1E 2A 00 00
00011110 00101010 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
⨞
URI Encoded
%E2%A8%9E

Description

The Unicode character U+2A1E is known as the Large Left Triangle Operator. This typographical symbol plays a significant role in various mathematical expressions and digital text. It's used to denote the operation of a limit in calculus, particularly when expressing limit-related equations in mathematics. Its large size makes it easily distinguishable from other symbols within an equation or expression, which can be particularly useful in complex mathematical fields. As with all Unicode characters, U+2A1E is designed to work seamlessly across different languages and platforms, ensuring consistent representation of this important symbol in any digital text.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 10782 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+2A1E. 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+2A1E to binary: 00101010 00011110. 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 10101000 10011110