U+2276 "≶" Less-than or Greater-Than Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
≶
U+2276 "≶" Less-than or Greater-Than is a mathematical symbol that represents a relationship of inequality, indicating that one value is either less than or greater than another, without specifying which direction the inequality holds. It is often used in contexts where both possibilities are considered valid, such as in approximations, comparisons with error margins, or in logical statements where the exact order is ambiguous or inconsequential. The character belongs to the Mathematical Operators block and is a bidirectional symbol, rendered distinctly from its mirror image, "≷," which denotes greater-than or less-than in the opposite order.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2276 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Less-than or Greater-Than |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Less than or Greater Than |
| Block | Mathematical Operators |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "≷" U+2277 Greater-than or Less-Than |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ≶ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ≶ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x89 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2276 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002276 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2276 |
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 |