What ⧽ means
It marks the right boundary of a mathematical expression.
Its matching opening bracket is ⧼. Together they delimit a span; the expression inside and its context determine the mathematical meaning.
How did ⧽'s name change?
A 2001 standards review added hyphens to both bracket names.
The change matched the hyphenated naming pattern already used for other mathematical symbols.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions 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.
How to type ⧽
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 29FD, 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 “right-pointing curved angle bracket”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 29fd, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⧽CSS
\29FDCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⧽
HTML hex
⧽
CSS content
content: "\29FD";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A7%BD
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.