Comparison symbol

Less Than or Equal To Symbol (≤)

≤ includes both possibilities: the left side may be less than the right side, or the two sides may be equal.

Less-Than or Equal ToU+2264x ≤ 10
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UnicodeU+2264
HTML decimal≤
HTML hexadecimal≤
HTML named≤
CSS\2264
JavaScript\u2264
LaTeX\le

Character names and code points checked against The Unicode Consortium. Last verified 2026-08-12.

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Read the symbol

Read x ≤ 10 as “x is less than or equal to ten.” The narrow point faces the potentially smaller value.

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In plain-text code

Many programming languages use <=. In typeset math and explanatory text, the single Unicode character is easier to scan.

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