Precedes Above Single-Line Equals Sign HTML entity &pre;

&pre; is the HTML entity for Precedes Above Single-Line Equals Sign ⪯ (U+2AAF). Copy ⪯, ⪯ and the CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.

Entity: &pre;
Also written: &PrecedesEqual; &preceq;
Code point: U+2AAF
Unicode name: PRECEDES ABOVE SINGLE-LINE EQUALS SIGN
Block: Supplemental Mathematical Operators
Category: Math symbol (Sm)
Since: Unicode 3.2
Defined in: HTML5

Codes to copy

HTML named	`&pre;`Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined.
HTML decimal	`⪯`Works in HTML and XML.
HTML hex	`⪯`Works in HTML and XML.
CSS	`content: "\2AAF";`In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript	`"\u2AAF"`Also valid in JSON.
Python	`"\u2aaf"`Python 3 string literal.
Python by name	`"\N{PRECEDES ABOVE SINGLE-LINE EQUALS SIGN}"`Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL	`%E2%AA%AF`Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 AA AF`3 bytes.
UTF-16	`2AAF`1 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts.

When to use it

&pre; writes U+2AAF (Precedes Above Single-Line Equals Sign), a maths symbol from the Unicode Supplemental Mathematical Operators block, encoded since Unicode 3.2. Specialist notation like this usually belongs in MathML, which positions it correctly; the entity is for occasional use in running text.

The name comes from the HTML5 list (much of it shared with MathML), so it works in every current browser but not in XML or XHTML served as XML, where the numeric reference is the safe choice.

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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).