const.id

html-entity

≈

≈

≈

HTML named character reference ≈ maps to U+2248.

Mapping

Named reference
≈
Code point(s)
U+2248
Decimal
8776
Characters
≈

Numeric character references

Named
Decimal
Hex

Usage

Prefer a named reference when the character must survive encoding mistakes or is awkward to type. Numeric references (≈) are always valid HTML for the mapped code point(s).

Related

Unicode

U+2248

Same character

Other entities

Entities that produce this code point

Source

Unicode
16.0.0
WHATWG
snapshot 2026-08-02