U+22D8 "⋘" Very Much Less-Than Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+22D8 "⋘" Very Much Less-Than is a mathematical symbol used to denote an extreme or significant inequality, indicating that one quantity is far smaller than another, often in contexts like set theory, order theory, or advanced calculus where a standard less-than symbol (U+003C) would be insufficient to express a large disparity in magnitude. It is part of the Mathematical Operators block and is typically rendered as a triple repetition of the less-than sign without spaces, serving as a visual and semantic intensifier of the relationship between two values.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+22D8 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Very Much Less-Than |
| Unicode 1.0 Name | Very Much Less Than |
| Block | Mathematical Operators |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
| Mirrored | Yes |
| Mirrored Character | "⋙" U+22D9 Very Much Greater-Than |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⋘ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⋘ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x8B 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x22D8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000022D8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u22d8 |
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 |