Precedes Or Equivalent To
Block: Mathematical Operators
- Symbol
- ≾
- Unicode
U+227E- Unicode name
- PRECEDES OR EQUIVALENT TO
- Block
- Mathematical Operators
- Category
- Symbol, Math
- Type
- Unicode symbol
Precedes Or Equivalent To (≾) is the Unicode character U+227E, formally named PRECEDES OR EQUIVALENT TO. 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 ≿ Succeeds Or Equivalent To (U+227F).
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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≾ versus ≿: which encoded operator is present?
≾ (U+227E) says PRECEDES UNDER RELATION. Its named counterpart ≿ (U+227F) says SUCCEEDS OR EQUIVALENT TO. The pair therefore differs by relation direction, not by font styling.
For U+227E, PRECEDES is the directional word that must survive any character replacement.
How ≾ Is Encoded
U+227E = decimal 8830 = HTML ≾ / ≾. A Unicode escape-style form is u227E. Its UTF-8 bytes are E2 89 BE.
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