| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+2248 |
| Literal Character | ≈ |
| Name | ALMOST EQUAL TO |
| Sketch | ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ ........ |
| Aliases |
asymptotic to |
| Control Character | no |
| Block | Mathematical Operators |
| Subblock | Additional letter |
| UTF-8 byte encoding | e2 89 88 |
| UTF-16 byte encoding | 22 48 (big endian) |
| HTML Entity | ≈ |
| LaTeX expression | $\approx$ |
| Perl string literal | \x{2248} |