U+2278 NEITHER LESS-THAN NOR GREATER-THAN

The Unicode character U+2278, officially named NEITHER LESS-THAN NOR GREATER-THAN, was introduced in Unicode version 1.1. It is part of the Math Operators block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual plane. Previously, it was also referred to as NEITHER LESS THAN NOR GREATER THAN.

Categorized technically as a Math Symbol, this character typically falls under the Common script. In terms of text layout and rendering, the glyph is a canonical composition and has no designated width in East Asian typography. When placed in bidirectional text, it behaves as an Other Neutral character. Its visual representation remains mirrored regardless of the reading direction.