Attempting to Format Symbol and Text in Two Columns

Question

I use markdown to take school notes. They are later converted, via Pandoc to HTML and PDF (through LaTeX templates). I am trying to typeset a Symbol (floated left) to multiple lines of text. In the browser it looks like this:

or

This works in HTML by inserting the raw HTML and CSS (using floats and padding or tables). Is there a way to accomplish the same thing in the LaTeX?

Thank you for your help!