Unicode Character "≲" (U+2272)

The character ≲ (Less-Than Or Equivalent To) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2272. 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+2273).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Less-Than Or Equivalent To
Unicode Codepoint U+2272
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+2273)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2272 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ≲
HTML (hex) ≲
HTML (named) ≲
URL Escape Code %E2%89%B2
CSS \002272
JavaScript, JSON \u2272
C, C++, Java \u2272
Python \u2272
Rust \u{2272}
Ruby \u2272

How to type "≲"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 7 2. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 7 2. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x89 0xB2
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2272
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002272

Characters based on "≲" (U+2272)

References