Unicode Look-Alike Math Symbols
Look-Alike Math Characters
Lots symbols look similar but mean different things.
When picking a symbol, best to trust the symbol's unicode name for its meaning, not appearance. Because rarely used symbol may look very different on another computer.
Here is examples of possible confusion:
- โ U+2206: INCREMENT
- ฮ U+394: GREEK CAPITAL LETTER DELTA
- โ U+2202: PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL
- ฮด U+3B4: GREEK SMALL LETTER DELTA
- โ U+2211: N-ARY SUMMATION
- ฮฃ U+3A3: GREEK CAPITAL LETTER SIGMA
- ยต U+B5: MICRO SIGN
- ฮผ U+3BC: GREEK SMALL LETTER MU
- โฏ U+212F: SCRIPT SMALL E
- โ U+2147: DOUBLE-STRUCK ITALIC SMALL E
- โ U+2107: EULER CONSTANT
Here is more visually simliar character. In different fonts they may look different or identical:
- ~ U+7E: TILDE
- โผ U+223C: TILDE OPERATOR
- โฝ U+223D: REVERSED TILDE
- ใ U+223D: REVERSED TILDE
- โฟ U+223F: SINE WAVE
- โ U+2248: ALMOST EQUAL TO
Another example:
- โฉณ U+2A73: EQUALS SIGN ABOVE TILDE OPERATOR
- โU+224C: ALL EQUAL TO
- โฉฏ U+2A6F: ALMOST EQUAL TO WITH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
- โฉฐ U+2A70: APPROXIMATELY EQUAL OR EQUAL TO
Unicode Math Symbols
- Math Symbols โ โซ ฯยฒ โ
- Set Theory Symbols โ โ โช โฉ
- Logic Symbols โ โ
- Geometry Symbols โก โฆ
- Math Brackets โฆ โฆ
- Arrows โ โ โฆ
- Brackets, Quotes ยซยปใใใใใใ
- Tacks, Turnstiles โฃ โข โฅ โค โซช โซซ
- Slash, Solidus / โซฝ โซป
- APL Symbols โ โ โ
- Unicode: Math Font โค
- Greek Alphabet ฮฑ ฮฒ ฮณ
- Look-Alike Math Symbols