Less-Than or Slanted Equal to with Dot Above ⪁

⪁ (U+2A81) is a standard Unicode character that you can copy and paste anywhere text is accepted. This page provides a concise reference with safe tips, internal links, and practical guidance so you can use it reliably across apps and platforms.

What it is and where it’s used: Less-Than or Slanted Equal to with Dot Above is part of the Symbols family (block: Supplemental Mathematical Operators). If you need styled or decorative alternatives, try our Fancy Text tool to generate compatible text that works in most modern interfaces.

History & usage: The symbol named LESS-THAN OR SLANTED EQUAL TO WITH DOT ABOVE is a character in the Supplemental Mathematical Operators block. It is encoded as U+2A81 in Unicode. In practice, this symbol appears in math writing as a combined form of a comparison and a relation. It carries the idea of a less-than or equal-to relation, with a dot above to add emphasis in some fonts or contexts. Its use is steady in environments that render mathematical expressions, such as formulas and user interfaces. The symbol supports clear, compact notation where such a relation must be shown with a dot marker. It helps distinguish this relation from other similar signs in complex formulas. The annotation and the symbol's presence in the Unicode standard make it available to editors, software, and typesetting tools used for math work. In everyday math tasks and programming interfaces, common math symbols indicate operations or comparisons in formulas and user interfaces, and this sign fits that role as a precise, compact indicator of a custom less-than-or-equal relation.

Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+2A81 in many development tools or editors. Some operating systems provide a character viewer or input palette that lets you search by name or code and insert the glyph into documents.

Display and fallback: if you see an empty box (tofu) or a placeholder rectangle, the active font might not include this codepoint. Switching to a font with broader Unicode coverage or using a fallback font usually fixes the issue. On the web, ensure the page’s font stack includes a general‑purpose fallback.

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