What ⌢ means
It is a downward-curving arc used in mathematical notation.
The curve names the shape; the notation around it tells you what role it plays in a particular formula.
Part of the collection
Don't confuse it with
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Smile
⌣ opens upward; ⌢ opens downward, so the two are easy to distinguish by the direction of the curve.
Character Tie
Character tie, a phonetic linking mark with a flatter arch than ⌢.
Top Parenthesis
Top parenthesis, a wide math delimiter set over an expression.
Upper Half Circle
Upper half circle, a geometric shape with a rounder arch.
Combination ideas
4Concatenation: sequence s followed by sequence t.
Arc AB, the arc between points A and B.
A small sad face.
Smile then frown: a mood swing.
Questions people ask
1Why does ⌢ show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
More like this
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Collections with ⌢
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How to type or find ⌢
- Search it as
- frown symbol · LaTeX frown · math frown · downward arc · smile symbol
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⌢CSS
\2322LaTeX
In math mode, enter
\frown; LaTeX typesets ⌢ using the active math font.Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⌢
HTML hex
⌢
CSS content
content: "\2322";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%8C%A2
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On screen
1
Code points
1
JS .length
3
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.