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
⊂	\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
≍	\asymp	equivalent to
⋈	\bowtie	bowtie
⊢	\vdash
⊣	\dashv
∈	\in	element of
∋	\ni	contains as member
∉	\notin	not an element of
⌣	\smile
⌢	\frown
⊧	\models
⊥	\perp
∣	\mid
∵	\because
∴	\therefore