This code point first appeared in version 1.1 of the Unicode® Standard and belongs to the "Mathematical Operators" block which goes from 0x2200 to 0x22FF.
You can safely add this character in your html code with the entity: ≲
You can use the u+2272 copy pc button below.
Easy u+2272 copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+2272 name is less-than or equivalent to emoji.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint (hex) | 2272, u2272 |
| Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
| Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | LESS THAN OR EQUIVALENT TO |
| Official name (Unicode 15.0) | LESS-THAN OR EQUIVALENT TO |
| resolved name | less-than or equivalent to |
| block | Mathematical Operators (Math_Operators) |
| common typos | u+2272, u+7222 |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 2272 like u 2272, (u+2272) or u +2272. You can also find u-2272, u*2272, un+2272, u2272, u=2272 or c+2272. You can also spell it with u 2272 unicode, u plus 2272, uncode 2272 or unicode + 2272.
Its bidirectional class is "ON":Other Neutrals (All other characters, including OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER)
You can find a character that is a mirrored image of less-than or equivalent to
Glyphs and symbols in your browser
The following unicode chart presents different versions of the glyph corresponding to the unicode characters u+2272 that are available on your computer.
In order to type this character easily, you may want to download and install a unicode Mathematical Operators keyboard.
A sample of fonts are used below to display whether the character has a glyph in this font or not.
Encodings (Unicode characters converter)
The following character table converter for +u2272 allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
| encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | E2 89 B2 | 14846386 | 11100010 10001001 10110010 |
| UCS2 | 72 22 | 29218 | 01110010 00100010 |
| UTF-16LE | 72 22 | 29218 | 01110010 00100010 |
| UTF-16BE | 22 72 | 8818 | 00100010 01110010 |
| UTF7 | 2B 49 6E 49 2D | 185915558189 | 00101011 01001001 01101110 01001001 00101101 |
| UTF7-IMAP | 26 49 6E 49 2D | 164440721709 | 00100110 01001001 01101110 01001001 00101101 |