# < U+003C LESS-THAN SIGN

Less-than sign, a left-pointing angle used in math comparisons, HTML tags, and as a left arrow or heart in text.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `<` |
| Codepoint | U+003C |
| Name | LESS-THAN SIGN |
| Block | [Basic Latin](https://unicodekit.com/block/basic-latin) |
| Script | Common |
| Category | Math Symbol (Sm) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `&#60;` `&#x3C;` |
| CSS | `\3C` |
| JavaScript | `\u003C` |
| UTF-8 | 3C |
| UTF-16 | 003C |

## Notes

- paired with 003E for ASCII-based angle bracket markup conventions

## Related characters

- ; [U+003B SEMICOLON](https://unicodekit.com/char/003B)
- = [U+003D EQUALS SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/003D)
- : [U+003A COLON](https://unicodekit.com/char/003A)
- > [U+003E GREATER-THAN SIGN](https://unicodekit.com/char/003E)
- 9 [U+0039 DIGIT NINE](https://unicodekit.com/char/0039)
- ? [U+003F QUESTION MARK](https://unicodekit.com/char/003F)
- 8 [U+0038 DIGIT EIGHT](https://unicodekit.com/char/0038)
- @ [U+0040 COMMERCIAL AT](https://unicodekit.com/char/0040)
- 7 [U+0037 DIGIT SEVEN](https://unicodekit.com/char/0037)
- A [U+0041 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A](https://unicodekit.com/char/0041)
- 6 [U+0036 DIGIT SIX](https://unicodekit.com/char/0036)
- B [U+0042 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B](https://unicodekit.com/char/0042)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/003C · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/003C