Unicode Character "≪" (U+226A)

The character ≪ (Much Less-Than) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+226A. It is encoded in the Mathematical Operators block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ≪. Its mirrored character is ≫ (U+226B).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Much Less-Than
Unicode Codepoint U+226A
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Mathematical Operators
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character ≫ (U+226B)

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+226A Conversion

HTML (decimal) ≪
HTML (hex) ≪
HTML (named) ≪
URL Escape Code %E2%89%AA
CSS \00226A
JavaScript, JSON \u226A
C, C++, Java \u226A
Python \u226A
Rust \u{226A}
Ruby \u226A

How to type "≪"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 6 A. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 6 A. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ≪
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ≪
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ≪
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x89 0xAA
UTF-16 (hex) 0x226A
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000226A

References