hmmm in short, the sign is like an opening with a corner > or <, and the value where the opening is, is the greater one, the value towards the corner, is the lesser one.
a > b <--- a is greater than b
b < a <--- a is greater than b
a ⩾ b <-- a is greater than or equals to b
b ⩽ a <--- a is greater than or equals to b
then again, you can also read it as
a > b <--- b is lesser than a.
b < a <--- b is lesser than a.
