U+2268 "≨" Less-than but Not Equal To Unicode Character

U+2268 "≨" Less-than but Not Equal To is a mathematical symbol that combines the relations of less-than and not equal to into a single glyph, indicating that one value is strictly smaller than another and explicitly not equal to it. It is used in formal logic, set theory, and advanced mathematics to convey a nuanced inequality where simple less-than might be ambiguous or where the possibility of equality needs to be ruled out. This character is part of the Mathematical Operators block and is typically rendered with a less-than sign crossed by a diagonal stroke to denote the negation of equality.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2268
Version Added	1.1
Name	Less-than but Not Equal To
Unicode 1.0 Name	Less than but Not Equal To
Block	Mathematical Operators
General Category	Math Symbol
Canonical Combining Class	Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class	Other Neutral
Mirrored	Yes
Mirrored Character	"≩" U+2269 Greater-than but Not Equal To

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding	≨
HTML Hex Encoding	≨
UTF-8 Encoding	0xE2 0x89 0xA8
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2268
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002268
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2268

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check	Yes
NFD Quick Check	Yes
NFKC Quick Check	Yes
NFKD Quick Check	Yes
Numeric Type	None
Numeric Value	NaN
Line Break	Alphabetic
Script	Common
Script Extensions	Common
Indic Syllabic Category	Other
Pattern Syntax	Yes
Math	Yes
Vertical Orientation	Rotated
Grapheme Base	Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break	Other
Word Break	Other
Sentence Break	Other