What ⋽ means
It marks a negative contains relation. In A⋽B, A does not contain B; read the relation from left to right.
IBM Advanced Function Printing used ⋽ in digital math. A 2000 math-symbol proposal grouped it with membership and contains variants such as , , , , , and .
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⋽ look different in my document?
It can. Fonts draw the glyph; software may substitute another font if needed.
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How to type or find ⋽
- Search it as
- does not contain · not a superset · negated contains · set relation · math operator
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⋽CSS
\22FDWindows Word
Type 22FD then press AltX.
Linux Unicode input
Press CtrlShiftU, type 22FD, then press Enter.
Mac Character Viewer
Open with Control-Command-Space; search “contains with overbar.”
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⋽
HTML hex
⋽
CSS content
content: "\22FD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%8B%BD
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
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UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.