What ⨴ means
⨴ is the multiplication sign in left half circle. Unicode classifies it as a mathematical symbol and files it in the Supplemental Mathematical Operators block; this site shelves it under Maths.
Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.
How it is encoded
⨴ is a single code point, U2A34. In HTML that is ⨴, and in CSS \2A34.
Related characters
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Multiplication Sign In Right Half Circle
Unicode names ⨵ as the right-half counterpart: both signs pair multiplication with a half-circle, on opposite sides.
Plus Sign In Left Half Circle
⨭ uses a plus sign with a left half-circle, matching ⨴’s form but changing the sign from multiplication to plus.
Multiplication Sign
× is the standalone multiplication sign that ⨴ places inside a left half-circle.
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 ⨴
- Search it as
- multiplication sign in left half circle symbol · multiplication sign in left half circle copy paste
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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macOS
HTML
⨴CSS
\2A34Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⨴
HTML hex
⨴
CSS content
content: "\2A34";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A8%B4
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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.