∆
Technical information
| Symbol | ∆ | |
| Name | Increment | |
| Unicode number | U+2206 | |
| Category | Triangle | |
| Description | The Unicode character ∆, or U+2206, is known as "Increment". It is part of the "Mathematical Operators" block and is categorized under the "Math Symbol" category in the Unicode standard. The increment sign is commonly used in mathematics and science to denote a change in a variable. It is often used to represent a discrete increment in a variable, as contrasted with a derivative which is an infinitesimal increment. In simple terms, it can be seen as the symbol for "change". It's also frequently used in calculus, physics, and other mathematical applications. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ∆ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ∆ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%88%86 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x88 0x86 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10001000:10000110 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x2206 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002206 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u2206" | |
| CSS Code | \2206 | |
| JavaScript | "\u2206" | |
| Perl | \x{2206} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u2206" | |
| Python 3 | \u2206 | |
| Ruby | \u{2206} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ∆ in sentence and in bold like this ∆ and in italic like this ∆.
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Font size:
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CSS Property: font-weight
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HTML Forms and Input
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Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>∆</span>
span {
content: "\2206";
}The symbol in different fonts
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Apple Color Emoji
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BlinkMacSystemFont
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Courier New
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Droid Sans
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Helvetica
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Noto Sans
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Oxygen
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sans-serif
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Times New Roman
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Ubuntu
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