"⪅" U+2A85 Less-Than Or Approximate

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⪅

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Unicode Data

The Unicode character U+2A85, displayed as ⪅ and named "Less-Than Or Approximate" is located in the Supplemental Mathematical Operators block. This character was introduced in Unicode version 3.2 (2002). Find its HTML entities, UTF-8/UTF-16 encodings, hex values, and copy-paste details below.

Name:: Less-Than Or Approximate
Category:: Math Symbol
Block:: Supplemental Mathematical Operators
Script:: Common
Bidirectional:: Other Neutrals
Mirrored:: Yes, ⪆ (U+2A86)
Unicode Version:: Unicode 3.2

Character Encodings

HTML Entity - Named:

&lap;

&lessapprox;

HTML Entity - Decimal:

⪅

HTML Entity - Hex:

⪅

Unicode:

U+2A85;

Decimal:

10885

CSS:

\002A85

Javascript:

\u2A85

Perl:

\x{2A85}

Ruby:

\u{2A85}

Python:

u'\u2A85'

UTF-8 Encoding:

E2AA85

UTF-16 Encoding:

2A85

UTF-32 Encoding:

00002A85