U+226E "≮" Not Less-Than Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+226E "≮" Not Less-Than is a mathematical symbol that represents the logical negation of the less-than relationship, meaning it denotes that one value is not less than another, which can imply it is either greater than or equal to the other value. It is encoded in the Mathematical Operators block of Unicode and is often used in mathematical notation, computer science, and formal logic to express inequality when a direct less-than comparison is false. Visually, it resembles the standard less-than sign (<) with a diagonal slash through it, following the common typographic convention for negating a relation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+226E |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Not Less-Than |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Not Less Than |
| Block | Mathematical Operators |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "≯" U+226F Not Greater-Than |
| Decomposition Type | Canonical |
| Decomposition Mapping | "<" U+003C Less-than Sign "̸" U+0338 Combining Long Solidus Overlay |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ≮ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ≮ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x89 0xAE |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x226E |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000226E |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u226e |