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U+2272 · LESS-THAN OR EQUIVALENT TO

Less-Than or Equivalent to

  • CodepointU+2272
  • NameLESS-THAN OR EQUIVALENT TO
  • Decimal8818
  • BlockMathematical Operators (U+2200–U+22FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySm — Math Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredYes

About this character

U+2272 (≲) is LESS-THAN OR EQUIVALENT TO, a mathematical symbol in the Mathematical Operators block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

It is a mirrored character: in right-to-left text it is displayed as its mirror image, which matches U+2273 ≳.

It has standardized variation sequences that request a specific glyph shape: U+2272 U+FE00 — following the slant of the lower leg. See variation selectors.

How to type ≲

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 89 B23 bytes
UTF-1622721 code unit
UTF-32000022724 bytes
HTML named≲named character reference
HTML named≲named character reference
HTML named≲named character reference
HTML decimal≲
HTML hex≲
CSS\2272in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2272
JSON\u2272
Python\u2272
Python\N{LESS-THAN OR EQUIVALENT TO}by name
Java / C#\u2272
C / C++\u2272universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2272}
Go\u2272
Ruby\u2272
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8818)
URL-encoded%E2%89%B2percent-encoded UTF-8
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Characters built on ≲

U+2274≴Neither Less-Than Nor Equivalent to
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Nearby in Mathematical Operators

All in block →
U+226C≬Between U+226D≭Not Equivalent to U+226E≮Not Less-Than U+226F≯Not Greater-Than U+2270≰Neither Less-Than Nor Equal to U+2271≱Neither Greater-Than Nor Equal to U+2273≳Greater-Than or Equivalent to U+2274≴Neither Less-Than Nor Equivalent to U+2275≵Neither Greater-Than Nor Equivalent to U+2276≶Less-Than or Greater-Than U+2277≷Greater-Than or Less-Than U+2278≸Neither Less-Than Nor Greater-Than