Unicode Character "≴" (U+2274)

The character ≴ (Neither Less-Than Nor Equivalent To) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2274. 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+2275).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Neither Less-Than Nor Equivalent To
Unicode Codepoint U+2274
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+2275)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2274 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ≴
HTML (hex) ≴
HTML (named) ≴
URL Escape Code %E2%89%B4
CSS \002274
JavaScript, JSON \u2274
C, C++, Java \u2274
Python \u2274
Rust \u{2274}
Ruby \u2274

How to type "≴"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 7 4. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 7 4. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x89 0xB4
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2274
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002274

References