# \preceq

The ⪯ symbol (Precedes above single-line equals sign, U+2AAF), written as \preceq in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/preceq

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/relations) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ⪯ |
| Unicode | U+2AAF PRECEDES ABOVE SINGLE-LINE EQUALS SIGN |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\preceq
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

0.06% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 151 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2AAF (PRECEDES ABOVE SINGLE-LINE EQUALS SIGN).