U+2A8B "⪋" Less-than Above Double-Line Equal Above Greater-Than Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+2A8B "⪋" Less-than Above Double-Line Equal Above Greater-Than is a mathematical symbol that combines three relational operators in a vertically stacked format, with a less-than sign above a double-line equal sign, which in turn sits above a greater-than sign. Its primary function is to denote that an expression, typically in formal logic or advanced mathematics, can simultaneously satisfy three distinct relational conditions, such as being less than, sometimes equal to, and greater than in separate contexts or comparisons. This symbol is particularly useful for compactly representing composite or ambiguous ordering relationships where a single, simple inequality does not suffice, and it is encoded in the Unicode standard under the Supplemental Mathematical Operators block.

General Properties

Code Point U+2A8B
Version Added 3.2
Name Less-than Above Double-Line Equal Above Greater-Than
Block Supplemental Mathematical Operators
General Category Math Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Mirrored Yes
Mirrored Character "⪌" U+2A8C Greater-than Above Double-Line Equal Above Less-Than

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⪋
HTML Hex Encoding ⪋
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0xAA 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2A8B
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002A8B
C/C++/Java Escape \u2a8b

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