What ⥞ means
MathML 2 allows it to stretch to fit the formula.
For ⥞, the MathML 2 operator dictionary lists ⥞ as “infix” (placed between expressions) and “stretchy” (allowed to expand with the layout). These are layout instructions; they do not define the relation on their own.
Related characters
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Rightwards Harpoon With Barb Down From Bar
The rightwards counterpart: it shares ⥞’s downward barb and bar placement, but points the other way.
Leftwards Harpoon With Barb Up From Bar
It keeps the leftwards direction and barb coming from a bar, but turns the barb upward.
Leftwards Harpoon With Barb Down To Bar
It also points left with a downward barb; its name says “to bar,” while ⥞ says “from bar.”
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.
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How to type or find ⥞
- Also called
- DownLeftTeeVector
- Search it as
- math arrow
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
⥞CSS
\295ECodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⥞
HTML hex
⥞
CSS content
content: "\295E";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A5%9E
1
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.