Unicode Character "⪅" (U+2A85)

The character ⪅ (Less-Than Or Approximate) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2A85. It is encoded in the Supplemental Mathematical Operators block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.2 (March, 2002). It is HTML encoded as ⪅. Its mirrored character is ⪆ (U+2A86).

Main Unicode Properties

Name Less-Than Or Approximate
Unicode Codepoint U+2A85
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Supplemental Mathematical Operators
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? Yes
Mirrored character ⪆ (U+2A86)

Other Unicode Data

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

U+2A85 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⪅
HTML (hex) ⪅
HTML (named) ⪅
URL Escape Code %E2%AA%85
CSS \002A85
JavaScript, JSON \u2A85
C, C++, Java \u2A85
Python \u2A85
Rust \u{2A85}
Ruby \u2A85

How to type "⪅"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 A 8 5. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 A 8 5. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xAA 0x85
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2A85
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002A85

References