Unicode Character "≹" (U+2279)

The character ≹ (NEITHER GREATER-THAN NOR LESS-THAN) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2279. 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+2278).

Main Unicode Properties

Name NEITHER GREATER-THAN NOR LESS-THAN
Unicode Codepoint U+2279
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+2278)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2279 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ≹
HTML (hex) ≹
HTML (named) ≹
URL Escape Code %E2%89%B9
CSS \2279
JavaScript \u{2279}
JSON \u2279
C, C++ \U00002279
Java \u2279
Python \U00002279
Rust \u{2279}
Ruby \u{2279}

How to type "≹"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 7 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 7 9. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x89 0xB9
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2279
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002279

References