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≦

less-than over equal to

Less-Than Over Equal To

Q: Why does ≦ show as a box?

The font lacks the glyph. Switch to a math font containing ≦; changing the input method alone will not add it.

≦ sets an inclusive upper bound: the left-hand value may not exceed the right-hand one. It is the double-bar form of ≤, not a stricter inequality. In LaTeX, type <code>\leqq</code>; a box usually means the font lacks the glyph.

Text symbol

Also called: leqq
Search it as: lte · lteq
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ≦ means

Read it as “less than or equal to.”

For example, x ≦ 5 includes 5 and every smaller permitted value. The notation developed in stages: < and > appeared in print in 1631; John Wallis put a bar above related signs in 1670; Pierre Bouguer used two bars beneath them in 1734. Bouguer's form is the recognizable ancestor of this compact inclusive comparison.

How do I type ≦ in LaTeX?

Enter \leqq in math mode.

With pdfLaTeX, load amssymb. XeLaTeX and LuaLaTeX can accept raw ≦ when the selected Unicode math font contains it.

The double bar changes style, not the bound

≤, ≦, and ⩽ express the same inclusive comparison; their equality strokes differ. Match the notation used by the document you are editing. The 2026 review found typographic evolution, but no supported culture-specific change in mathematical meaning.

Formal and technical; write “at most” outside equations if your reader may not recognize the double-bar form.

Do not replace ≦ with <: removing equality excludes the endpoint.

Don't confuse it with

Less-Than Sign

Strictly less than; it excludes equality.

≤

Less-Than Or Equal To

One equality stroke; the same relation in its familiar form.

⩽

Less-Than Or Slanted Equal To

A slanted equality stroke; the same relation with different typography.

Questions people ask

Why does ≦ show as a box?

The font lacks the glyph. Switch to a math font containing ≦; changing the input method alone will not add it.

How to type ≦

Windows (Word)

Alt+XType 2266, then Alt+X 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 “less-than over equal to”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType 2266, then Enter or Space.

HTML

≦

CSS

\2266

pdfLaTeX

Load `amssymb`, then enter `\leqq` in math mode.

XeLaTeX or LuaLaTeX

Raw ≦ needs a Unicode math font containing the glyph.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

≦

HTML hex

≦

CSS content

content: "\2266";

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

URL encoded

%E2%89%A6

On screen

Code points

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UTF-8 bytes

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

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