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⩛

logical or with middle stem

Logical OR with middle stem

⩛ is a specialized logical-OR operator; its exact job depends on the notation defining it. It is related to ∨, but do not assume the two are interchangeable.

Text symbol
Search it as
⩛ · orv · MathML orv · logical OR operator · middle-stem OR
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ⩛ means

It marks a specialized OR operation; notation defines its exact job. The middle stem is the added stroke at its center. A 1998 W3C MathML character table lists orv, a text label for the symbol in math markup.

A 2002 update to an ISO/IEC character-encoding standard lists it with related logical-AND and logical-OR variants, including ⩚, its logical-AND counterpart with a middle stem, and horizontal-dash forms. This records standardized encoding, not the signs’ invention.

Formal mathematical notation, not ordinary punctuation.

Check the defining notation before treating it as interchangeable with ∨.

Don't confuse it with

4
⩚
Logical And With Middle Stem
shares “logical”, “middle”, “stem”
⨈
Two Logical Or Operator
shares “logical”, “or”
⩅
Union With Logical Or
shares “logical”, “or”
⩒
Logical Or With Dot Above
shares “logical”, “or”

Questions people ask

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Why 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.

How to type ⩛

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2A5B, then Alt+X to get ⩛.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “logical or with middle stem”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2a5b, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⩛
CSS
\2A5B
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⩛
HTML hex
⩛
CSS content
content: "\2A5B";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A9%9B
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.

Families this belongs to

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