U+22E6 LESS-THAN BUT NOT EQUIVALENT TO

The Unicode character U+22E6, officially named LESS-THAN BUT NOT EQUIVALENT TO, 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 LESS THAN BUT NOT EQUIVALENT TO.

Categorized technically as a Math Symbol, this character typically falls under the Common script. In terms of text layout and rendering, the glyph is not a 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.