等号（signs of equality）表示相等关系的符号，读作“等于”。

拉丁语的人名中的“-”符号，日文翻译时改用“=”。例，“Hārūn al-Rashīd”（哈伦·拉希德）的日文翻译是“ハールーン・アッ＝ラシード”。

The equals sign or equality sign (=) is a mathematical symbol used to indicate equality. It was invented in 1557 by Robert Recorde. In an equation, the equals sign is placed between two expressions that have the same value. In Unicode and ASCII, it is U+003D=EQUALS SIGN (HTML =).