“<" U+003C: Less-Than Sign

ℹ️ About

The Less-Than Sign (U+003C) is a foundational Unicode character within the Basic Latin block. Primarily used as a mathematical operator for comparisons, it also serves as the opening delimiter for tags in markup languages like HTML and XML. Because of this structural role, it often requires “escaping” in web development to avoid being parsed as code. It is a mirrored character with the Greater-Than Sign (U+003E).

Live Playground