Equal To Or Precedes
Block: Mathematical Operators
- Symbol
- ⋞
- Unicode
U+22DE- Unicode name
- EQUAL TO OR PRECEDES
- Block
- Mathematical Operators
- Category
- Symbol, Math
- Type
- Unicode symbol
Equal To Or Precedes (⋞) is the Unicode character U+22DE, formally named EQUAL TO OR PRECEDES. PRECEDES establishes the direction of the relation; UNDER RELATION further identifies the named variant. The corresponding SUCCEEDS form is a different Unicode character. A separately encoded comparison target is ⋟ Equal To Or Succeeds (U+22DF).
Why ⋞ is a precedes-family relation
⋞ is named for a precedes relation. Unicode therefore treats it as a mathematical relation character, not merely as a decorative curved less-than shape.
UNDER RELATION narrows the PRECEDES family to this named variant. The corresponding SUCCEEDS UNDER RELATION character reverses the reading and has another code point.
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The formal-name difference between ⋞ and ⋟
⋞ (U+22DE) says PRECEDES UNDER RELATION. Its named counterpart ⋟ (U+22DF) says EQUAL TO OR SUCCEEDS. The pair therefore differs by relation direction, not by font styling.
For U+22DE, PRECEDES is the directional word that must survive any character replacement.
How ⋞ Is Encoded
U+22DE = decimal 8926 = HTML ⋞ / ⋞. A Unicode escape-style form is u22DE. Its UTF-8 bytes are E2 8B 9E.
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