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Precedes Symbol ≺

Precedes Symbol Information

Symbol Name
Precedes
Unicode Version
1.1 (June 1993)
Unicode
U+227A
CSS Code
\227A
HTML Entity
≺
Hex Code
≺
HTML Code
≺
Latex
\prec
Symbol
≺

Precedes Symbol Encoding

UTF-8
0xE2 0x89 0xBA
UTF-16
0x227A
UTF-32
0x0000227A

PrecedesSymbol's PNG and SVG files

Precedes symbol png image
Precedes symbol svg image

Precedes Symbol in Latex

Precedes
1\documentclass{article} 2\begin{document} 3\prec 4\end{document}

How to add precedes symbol via keyboard on different Operating systems

You can type the precedes symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:

How to type precedes symbol on Microsoft Word

You can type the precedes in Microsoft Word using steps mentioned below:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol and type 227A
  • Without moving the cursor press keys Alt + x together
  • The original 227A is now transformed into ≺

How to type precedes symbol on Microsoft Windows

You can type the precedes on Microsoft windows using following steps:

  • Hold Alt and press to type precedes on your windows machine.

How to type precedes symbol on Mac OS

You can type the precedes on Mac OS using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Press Ctrl + ⌘ Command + ⎵ Space to bring up the Character Viewer. Alternatively, choose Edit ⇒ Emoji & Symbols
  • Type "Precedes" in the search field at the top and press Enter
  • The symbol should appear. Click on it to insert it into your text
Mac OS Character Viewer
Mac OS Character Viewer

How to type precedes symbol on Linux

You can type the precedes on Linux using following steps:

  • Place your cursor in the text area where you need to insert the symbol
  • Hold ⇧ Shift + Ctrl and press the letter + U
  • Press keys 227A consecutively
  • And then press ↵ Enter , the desired symbol will be added to your document

How to type precedes symbol on IOS and Android

The easiest way to type the precedes symbol on ios and android is to copy and paste it wherever you need it.

How to use precedes in CSS

//CSS Example
1span { 2 content: \227A; 3 }

How to use precedes in HTML

//HTML Example
1<span>&#8826;</span>

Precedes symbol representation in programming languages

Precedessymbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in table below:

LanguageRepresentation
Rust
\u{227A}
Ruby
\u{227A}
Python
\u227A
PHP
\u{227A}
Perl
\x{227A}
Java
\u227A
Modern JavaScript - Since ES6
\u{227A}
JavaScript
\u227A
Go
\u227A
C#
\u227A
C and C++
\u227A
Bash and Zsh - inside echo -e
\u227A
RFC 5137
\u'227A'