Unicode Character "⋘" (U+22D8)

The character ⋘ (Very Much Less-Than) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+22D8. 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+22D9).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Very Much Less-Than
Unicode Codepoint U+22D8
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+22D9)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+22D8 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⋘
HTML (hex) ⋘
HTML (named) ⋘
URL Escape Code %E2%8B%98
CSS \0022D8
JavaScript, JSON \u22D8
C, C++, Java \u22D8
Python \u22D8
Rust \u{22D8}
Ruby \u22D8

How to type "⋘"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 2 D 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 2 D 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8B 0x98
UTF-16 (hex) 0x22D8
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000022D8

References