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⋠

does not precede or equal

Does not precede or equal

⋠ says x y does not hold. It concerns the chosen order, which may compare things other than numbers.

Text symbol

What ⋠ means

It denies that x y holds.

means “precedes or equals” in a chosen order; its items need not be numbers. ⋠ denies the whole relation, equality included.

Don't confuse it with

≰

Neither Less-Than Nor Equal To

⋠ versus ≰: ⋠ negates the chosen “precedes or equals” relation; ≰ negates ordinary numeric ≤. They match when that chosen relation is ≤.

Worth knowing

In 1998, a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) table for MathML (a way to mark up formulas) listed ⋠ as “not curly precedes, equals.” It records a technical label by then, not the symbol’s first use.

Questions people ask

Why does ⋠ show as a box on some devices?

Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.

How to type or find ⋠

Also called: npreceq
Search it as: preceq · not precedes · order relation · partial order · not less than or equal
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

Windows (Word)

⎇Alt+XType 22E0, then AltX to get ⋠.

Windows

⊞Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win .).

macOS

⌃Control+⌘Command+␣SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “does not precede or equal”.

Linux

⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 22e0, then Enter or Space.

HTML

⋠

CSS

\22E0

LaTeX

LaTeX command: \npreceq (with amssymb loaded in math mode).

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

⋠

HTML hex

⋠

CSS content

content: "\22E0";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%E2%8B%A0

On screen

Code points

JS .length

UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

Maths & numbers1,835 symbols

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