What ⭈ means
It describes the lower sign, not the arrow’s direction. The arrow still points right. The almost-equal part supplies the idea of approximation—being close rather than exactly equal—and “reverse” describes its reversed form.
Reversing a sign does not itself mean “not equal.” Keep the lower mark when reproducing the notation: replacing the whole symbol with a plain arrow loses part of it. Although it has stacked parts, ⭈ is a single text character.
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⭈ show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find ⭈
- Search it as
- math arrow · arrow over almost equal · reverse almost equal · rightwards arrow
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⭈\2B48Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.