⋨ is the Unicode character PRECEDES BUT NOT EQUIVALENT TO, code point U+22E8 (decimal 8936) in the Mathematical Operators block, added in Unicode 1.1. In HTML write ⋨, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 8B A8.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+22E8 |
| Decimal | 8936 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8B A8 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 22E8 |
| UTF-32 | 000022E8 |
| HTML decimal | ⋨ |
| HTML hex | ⋨ |
| HTML named | ⋨ ⋨ |
| CSS | \22E8 |
| JavaScript | \u22E8 |
| JSON | \u22E8 |
| Python | \u22E8 |
| Python by name | \N{PRECEDES BUT NOT EQUIVALENT TO} |
| Java, C# | \u22E8 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{22E8} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u22E8 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%8B%A8 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | PRECEDES BUT NOT EQUIVALENT TO |
| Code point | U+22E8 (decimal 8936) |
| Block | Mathematical Operators (U+2200–U+22FF) |
| General category | Sm: Math symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | Yes |
| First in Unicode version | 1.1 |
Nearby in Mathematical Operators
- ⋠ U+22E0 Does Not Precede Or Equal
- ⋡ U+22E1 Does Not Succeed Or Equal
- ⋢ U+22E2 Not Square Image Of Or Equal To
- ⋣ U+22E3 Not Square Original Of Or Equal To
- ⋤ U+22E4 Square Image Of Or Not Equal To
- ⋥ U+22E5 Square Original Of Or Not Equal To
- ⋦ U+22E6 Less-Than But Not Equivalent To
- ⋧ U+22E7 Greater-Than But Not Equivalent To
- ⋩ U+22E9 Succeeds But Not Equivalent To
- ⋪ U+22EA Not Normal Subgroup Of
- ⋫ U+22EB Does Not Contain As Normal Subgroup
- ⋬ U+22EC Not Normal Subgroup Of Or Equal To
- ⋭ U+22ED Does Not Contain As Normal Subgroup Or Equal
- ⋮ U+22EE Vertical Ellipsis
- ⋯ U+22EF Midline Horizontal Ellipsis
- ⋰ U+22F0 Up Right Diagonal Ellipsis
All 256 characters: Mathematical Operators.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⋨?
- Use the named entity ⋨, or ⋨ (decimal) or ⋨ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+22E8?
- E2 8B A8 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%8B%A8.
- How do I write U+22E8 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u22E8. Python: \u22E8.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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