SMALLER THAN OR EQUAL TO·U+2AAC

Character Information

Code Point
U+2AAC
HEX
2AAC
Unicode Plane
Basic Multilingual Plane
Category
Math Symbol

Character Representations

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EncodingHexBinary
UTF8
E2 AA AC
11100010 10101010 10101100
UTF16 (big Endian)
2A AC
00101010 10101100
UTF16 (little Endian)
AC 2A
10101100 00101010
UTF32 (big Endian)
00 00 2A AC
00000000 00000000 00101010 10101100
UTF32 (little Endian)
AC 2A 00 00
10101100 00101010 00000000 00000000
HTML Entity
⪬
URI Encoded
%E2%AA%AC

Description

The Unicode character U+2AAC, known as "SMALLER THAN OR EQUAL TO" (≤), is a mathematical symbol primarily used in digital text for expressing the concept of inequality. It serves to represent a situation where a value or expression on the left side of the operator is less than or equal to the value or expression on the right side. In computer programming, this character is extensively employed in various coding languages and mathematical expressions, ensuring accuracy and consistency across digital platforms. Despite its prevalence in technical contexts, the SMALLER THAN OR EQUAL TO symbol has not garnered significant cultural, linguistic, or artistic attention due to its primarily functional role in digital text.

How to type the symbol on Windows

Hold Alt and type 10924 on the numpad. Or use Character Map.

  1. Step 1: Determine the UTF-8 encoding bit layout

    The character has the Unicode code point U+2AAC. In UTF-8, it is encoded using 3 bytes because its codepoint is in the range of 0x0800 to 0xffff.

    Therefore we know that the UTF-8 encoding will be done over 16 bits within the final 24 bits and that it will have the format: 1110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx
    Where the x are the payload bits.

    UTF-8 Encoding bit layout by codepoint range
    Codepoint RangeBytesBit patternPayload length
    U+0000 - U+007F10xxxxxxx7 bits
    U+0080 - U+07FF2110xxxxx 10xxxxxx11 bits
    U+0800 - U+FFFF31110xxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx16 bits
    U+10000 - U+10FFFF411110xxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx 10xxxxxx21 bits
  2. Step 2: Obtain the payload bits:

    Convert the hexadecimal code point U+2AAC to binary: 00101010 10101100. Those are the payload bits.

  3. Step 3: Fill in the bits to match the bit pattern:

    Obtain the final bytes by arranging the paylod bits to match the bit layout:
    11100010 10101010 10101100