# \vartriangleleft

The ⊲ symbol (Normal subgroup of, U+22B2), written as \vartriangleleft in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/relations) |
| Packages | ams |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ⊲ |
| Unicode | U+22B2 NORMAL SUBGROUP OF |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\vartriangleleft
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

<0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 290 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+22B2 (NORMAL SUBGROUP OF).

### [ams/vartriangleleft-to-lhd](https://texform.dev/rules/ams/vartriangleleft-to-lhd)

Collapse vartriangleleft to the more common lhd character.

Level: authoring. Fidelity: render.

```latex
\vartriangleleft
```

→

```latex
\lhd
```

```latex
A \vartriangleleft B
```

→

```latex
A \lhd B
```