List of Relation Symbols in LaTeX

In LaTeX, relation symbols are used to express the various relationship between mathematical expressions, elements, and sets. These symbols plays a crucial role in expressing comparisions,orders and connections between the elements in mathematical notation.

The most commonly used relation symbols are given below.

Symbol	LaTeX Command	Description
<	\textless	Less than
>	\textgreater	Greater than
=	=	Equal to
≮	\nless	Not less than
≯	\ngtr	Not greater than
≠	\neq or \ne	Not equal to
≤	\leq or \leqslant	Less than or equal to
≥	\geq or \geqslant	Greater than or equal to
≰	\nleq or \nleqslant	Neither less than nor equal to
≱	\ngeq or \ngeqslant	Neither greater than nor equal to
≪	\ll	Much less than
≫	\gg	Much greater than
⋘	\lll	Very much less than
⋙	\ggg	Very much greater than
∥	\parallel	Parallel to
∦	\nparallel	Not parallel to
≐	\doteq	Approaches the limit
≡	\equiv	Equivalent to
≈	\approx	Approximately equal
≅	\cong	Congruent to or approximately equal to
≃	\simeq	Asymptotically equal to
∼	\sim	Similar to
∅	\emptyset	Empty Set
⊂	\subset	Subset of
⊃	\supset	Superset of
⊄	\not\subset	Not a subset of
⊅	\not\supset	Not a superset of
⊆	\subseteq	Subset of or equal to
⊇	\supseteq	Superset of or equal to
⊈	\nsubseteq	Neither a subset of nor equal to
⊉	\nsupseteq	Neither a superset of nor equal to
⊏	\sqsubset	Square image of
⊐	\sqsupset	Square original of
⊑	\sqsubseteq	Square image of or equal to
⊒	\sqsupseteq	Square original of or equal to
≺	\prec	precedes
≻	\succ	succeeds
⊀	\nprec	not precede
⊁	\nsucc	not succeed
≼	\preceq	precedes or equal to
≽	\succeq	succeeds or equal to
⋠	\npreceq	not precede or equal
⋡	\nsucceq	not succeed or equal
∝	\propto	proportional to
⋈	\bowtie	bowtie
⊢	\vdash	Turnstile
⊣	\dashv	Left Tack
∈	\in	element of
∋	\ni	contains as member
∉	\notin	not an element of
⊥	\perp	perpendicular
⊥̸	\not\perp	Is Not Perpendicular to
∣	\mid	Mid
∵	\because	Because
∴	\therefore	Therefore