Greater-Than Above Double-Line Equal Above Less-Than ⪌

⪌ (U+2A8C) 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: Greater-Than Above Double-Line Equal Above Less-Than 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 GREATER-THAN ABOVE DOUBLE-LINE EQUAL ABOVE LESS-THAN is a character in the Supplemental Mathematical Operators block. It is used as a mathematical operator in formulas and in user interfaces. The name describes its visual parts and their intended meaning. In practice, you may see it to express a complex relation between two values. The symbol shows a combination of comparison and alignment cues that go beyond a simple greater-than or less-than sign. It communicates that one value sits above a double line of an equal sign, which in turn relates to the other value. This helps readers understand nuanced relationships in equations or display contexts. As a result, it can appear in advanced math work, technical documents, or software that handles symbolic logic. It supports clear ideas when a single symbol can convey multiple ideas at once. The usage atom notes that common math symbols indicate operations or comparisons in formulas and user interfaces. That idea holds here, guiding how the symbol should be read and applied in context, without extra decoration or ambiguity.

Copy and input: the quickest method is to copy the character here. You can also insert it by its codepoint U+2A8C 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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