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> Greater Than Sign
The greater-than sign (>) states that the value on its left is larger than the value on its right.
Also known as: greater than sign, greater than symbol, is greater than.
Codes
| Symbol | > | |
| Unicode | U+003E | |
| HTML entity (named) | > | |
| HTML entity (decimal) | > | |
| HTML entity (hex) | > | |
| CSS | \003E | |
| LaTeX | > |
How to type > (Greater Than Sign)
WindowsShift + .
Press Shift and the period key — > sits above the full stop on a US/UK keyboard. No Alt code needed.
Mac⇧ + .
Press Shift and the period key.
Microsoft WordShift + .
Type it directly. In an Equation field, > renders with proper math spacing.
Google Docs
Type it directly with Shift + period — or inside an Equation type > (\gt also works).
LaTeX>
Type > directly in math mode. Outside math mode it may render as ¿ in some font encodings — wrap it as $>$ or use \textgreater.
Usage
- 5 > 3 reads “5 is greater than 3”. The wide end always faces the larger number.
- In HTML you must escape it: write > in text, or the browser may treat > as part of a tag. The same applies to XML and JSX.
- In shells and command lines, > redirects output to a file — echo hi > out.txt.
- For “greater than or equal to”, use ≥ (U+2265).