What ⥵ means
It is a name for the symbol's design. MathML 2.0, a format for writing mathematics on webpages, lists ⥵ as rarrap, glossed “approximate, right arrow above.”
Related characters
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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
- rarrap
- Search it as
- approximation arrow · arrow above almost equal · math relation symbol
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
macOS
HTML
⥵CSS
\2975Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⥵
HTML hex
⥵
CSS content
content: "\2975";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%A5%B5
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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.