Approximately Equal Symbol ≈
Tap the button to copy the approximately equal symbol, or grab a variant below. The table has its Alt code, HTML entity and Unicode details.
| Copy | Unicode name | Codepoint | HTML | Windows Alt code |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almost Equal To | U+2248 | ≈ | Alt+247 | |
| Asymptotically Equal To | U+2243 | none | none | |
| Approximately Equal To | U+2245 | ≅ | none | |
| Tilde | U+007E | none | Alt+0126 |
- The approximately equal symbol is Unicode U+2248 (Almost Equal To).
- In HTML, type
≈to get ≈. - On Windows, hold Alt and type 247 on the numeric keypad.
- On a Mac, press Option+X.
- It is a single character: it survives copy and paste into any text field and counts as one character against limits.
The almost-equal sign, two stacked tildes, reads as approximately: ≈ 3.14. A single tilde before a number reads the same way informally. The variants with an equals line underneath carry more specific mathematical meanings of asymptotic and congruent.