What > means
The left value is greater than the right. The open side faces the larger value; the point faces the smaller one. Equal values do not satisfy this comparison.
In text formatting, a leading > often marks a blockquote—a quoted passage set apart from surrounding prose. In CommonMark, a widely used Markdown formatting standard (checked in 2026), a line starting with > creates a quote block, while >> nests a quote inside another.
Part of collections
Don't confuse it with
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Greater-Than Or Equal To
Means greater than or equal to: unlike >, it includes equality.
Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark
A quotation mark or breadcrumb separator. It is smaller and not a comparison or redirect sign.
Modifier Letter Right Arrowhead
Looks like > but is a phonetic modifier letter. Code, shells and HTML ignore it as an operator.
Fullwidth Greater-Than Sign
Wide form from Chinese, Japanese or Korean input. Programs expecting > won't accept it.
Related characters
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Combination ideas
4The first value is greater than the second.
Bash: send output to this file, replacing what was there.
Quotes a line in email replies or Markdown.
Squeezed-eyes face: frustration or embarrassment.
Questions people ask
1How do I write a literal > in HTML?
Use >. While raw > often works in plain body text, > ensures browsers never confuse it with tag markup.
More like this
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<Less-Than Sign
≥Greater-Than Or Equal To
=Equals Sign
≤Less-Than Or Equal To
≠Not Equal To
〉Right-Pointing Angle Bracket
❯Heavy Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark Ornament
〈Left-Pointing Angle Bracket
❱Heavy Right-Pointing Angle Bracket Ornament
(Left Parenthesis
)Right Parenthesis
[Left Square Bracket
]Right Square Bracket
˃Modifier Letter Right Arrowhead
›Single Right-Pointing Angle Quotation Mark
≧Greater-Than Over Equal To
≨Less-Than But Not Equal To
≩Greater-Than But Not Equal To
≪Much Less-Than
≫Much Greater-Than
≮Not Less-Than
≯Not Greater-Than
≰Neither Less-Than Nor Equal To
≱Neither Greater-Than Nor Equal To
≶Less-Than Or Greater-Than
≷Greater-Than Or Less-Than
≸Neither Less-Than Nor Greater-Than
⟨Mathematical Left Angle Bracket
⟩Mathematical Right Angle Bracket
⟪Mathematical Left Double Angle Bracket
⟫Mathematical Right Double Angle Bracket
⸢Top Left Half Bracket
﹤Small Less-Than Sign
﹥Small Greater-Than Sign
𝆒Musical Symbol Crescendo
𝆓Musical Symbol Decrescendo
≳Greater-Than Or Equivalent To
≵Neither Greater-Than Nor Equivalent To
≻Succeeds
⋗Greater-Than With Dot
⋧Greater-Than But Not Equivalent To
⍄APL Functional Symbol Quad Greater-Than
⍩APL Functional Symbol Greater-Than Diaeresis
⥸Greater-Than Above Rightwards Arrow
⦔Right Arc Greater-Than Bracket
⧁Circled Greater-Than
⩺Greater-Than With Circle Inside
⩼Greater-Than With Question Mark Above
⪈Greater-Than And Single-Line Not Equal To
⪌Greater-Than Above Double-Line Equal Above Less-Than
⪎Greater-Than Above Similar Or Equal
⪐Greater-Than Above Similar Above Less-Than
⪒Greater-Than Above Less-Than Above Double-Line Equal
⪔Greater-Than Above Slanted Equal Above Less-Than Above Slanted Equal
⪧Greater-Than Closed By Curve
⪩Greater-Than Closed By Curve Above Slanted Equal
⪫Larger Than
⫸Triple Nested Greater-Than
⸖Dotted Right-Pointing Angle
?Question Mark
🏷️Label
¬Not Sign
±Plus-Minus SignCollections with >
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How to type or find >
- Search it as
- gt · more than · blockquote · greater than symbol · is greater than
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
>
HTML hex
>
CSS content
content: "\003E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%3E
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
1
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.