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Less-Than or Equal To HTML entity ≤
≤ is the HTML entity for Less-Than or Equal To ≤ (U+2264). Copy the decimal ≤ and hex ≤ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
≤- Also written
≤- Code point
- U+2264
- Unicode name
- LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO
- Block
- Mathematical Operators
- Category
- Math symbol (Sm)
- Since
- Unicode 1.1
- Defined in
- HTML 4.01 and HTML5
Codes to copy
| HTML named | ≤Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined. | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | ≤Works in HTML and XML. | |
| HTML hex | ≤Works in HTML and XML. | |
| CSS | content: "\2264";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u2264"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u2264"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{LESS-THAN OR EQUAL TO}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%89%A4Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 89 A43 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 22641 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
Less than or equal to, as in x ≤ 10. In code it is written <=, which in HTML text must have its < escaped: <=.
The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.
More maths operators
≦Less-Than over Equal to≡Identical To≧Greater-Than over Equal to≠Not Equal To≨Less-Than But Not Equal to≟Questioned Equal to≩Greater-Than But Not Equal to≜Delta Equal to
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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).