Greater than symbol (>)
U+003E · GREATER-THAN SIGN · Unicode 1.1 (1993)
How to type >
Windows
Alt code (numeric keypad)
Alt+62
Turn on Num Lock, hold the Alt key, type 62 on the numeric keypad and let go of Alt: > appears.
Uses the old DOS code page 437, which US-English Windows uses for Alt codes without a leading 0; on Windows set to other languages the result can differ.
Word and Outlook: Alt + X
003E Alt+X
Type 003E and press Alt+X right after it: Word turns the code into >. Press Alt+X again to turn it back into the code.
Emoji and symbols panel (Windows 10 and 11)
Win+.
Press Win + full stop (.) to open the panel, go to the Symbols tab (Ω) and pick >.
No numeric keypad on your laptop? See the other ways in our Alt codes guide.
Mac
Character Viewer
Ctrl+⌘ Cmd+Space
Press Ctrl+⌘+Space (or the Globe key + E), search for “greater than symbol” and click > to insert it.
iPhone
Make a shortcut (Text Replacement)
Turn a short word into > once and type it in any app:
- Copy > from this page.
- Open Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement and tap +.
- Paste > as the Phrase and type a Shortcut, for example ;greatertha.
- Now type ;greatertha anywhere: the keyboard suggests >.
Android
Make a shortcut (Gboard personal dictionary)
Teach your keyboard a short word that turns into >:
- Copy > from this page.
- Open Gboard settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary, choose your language and tap +.
- Paste > as the word and type a shortcut, for example ;greatertha.
- Type ;greatertha in any app and tap > in the suggestions.
Linux
Unicode input
Ctrl+Shift+U 003e Enter
Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 003e and press Enter or Space. Works in GTK apps and with IBus (GNOME, Ubuntu, Fedora).
What > means and how it is used
The greater-than sign > means the left value is bigger: 7 > 2. Email clients and Markdown use it to mark quoted text, and command lines use it to redirect output. In HTML it is written > when it has to appear as text. Combined with the equals sign it becomes ≥.
The official Unicode name of > is GREATER-THAN SIGN, code point U+003E. You will find it in the Basic Latin block; it was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).
It also goes by these names and keywords: close, greater, tag, than.
It sits in the math with 148 symbols, among them π ∞ √ ± ×.
Codes for HTML, CSS and JavaScript
Tap Copy next to the code you need.
| HTML entity | > | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | > | |
| HTML hex | > | |
| CSS | content: "\003E"; | |
| JavaScript | \u003E | |
| URL | %3E | |
| UTF-8 bytes | 3E | |
| Unicode | U+003E |
Will it show on my friend's phone?
Very likely yes: > dates from Unicode 1.1 (1993), so every current system has a font for it.
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Don't confuse > with
These look alike but are different characters. Search, sorting and screen readers treat them differently, so copy the one you mean.
- >Greater than symbolU+003E · GREATER-THAN SIGN
- Modifier letter right arrowheadU+02C3 · MODIFIER LETTER RIGHT ARROWHEAD · Spacing Modifier Letters
- Single right-pointing angle quotation markU+203A · SINGLE RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK · General Punctuation
- Heavy right-pointing angle quotation mark ornamentU+276F · HEAVY RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE QUOTATION MARK ORNAMENT · Dingbats
- ᐳU+1433 · Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
- ﹥U+FE65 · Small Form Variants
- ＞U+FF1E · Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms
Names in other languages
What > is called in the 12 languages of this site (Unicode CLDR and our editors). Tap a name to open that language's page.
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| English | Greater than symbol |
| Português | Símbolo de maior que |
| Español | Símbolo mayor que |
| Italiano | Simbolo maggiore |
| Français | Symbole supérieur |
| Deutsch | Größer-als-Zeichen |
| Türkçe | Büyüktür işareti |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Simbol lebih dari |
| Polski | Znak większości |
| Русский | Знак больше |
| 日本語 | 大なり記号 |
| 한국어 | 부등호 (크다) |
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All Math →Questions people ask
How do I type > on a laptop without a numeric keypad?
On Windows press Win + full stop (.) and pick > in the Symbols tab, or in Word type 003E and press Alt+X.
What is the difference between > and ˃?
> is the greater than symbol (U+003E). ˃ is a different character: modifier letter right arrowhead (U+02C3, Spacing Modifier Letters block). They can look alike, but computers treat them as different letters, so a search for one will not find the other.
How do I type > on an iPhone?
The iPhone keyboard has no key for >. Copy it here, then add it in Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement with a shortcut like ;greatertha.
What is the HTML code for the greater than symbol?
Use the entity > or the numeric code > (hex >). In CSS write \003E, in JavaScript \u003E.
Will > show on every phone?
Very likely yes: > dates from Unicode 1.1 (1993), so every current system has a font for it.