What ⋾ means
Mathematical notation gives the symbol its specific job.
A 2000 standards proposal—an early plan to add mathematical characters to a shared text standard—listed ⋾ with other relation signs. It notes that signs can take different meanings in different fields, so a name may describe a shape rather than settle its function.
Related characters
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Contains With Overbar
The corresponding contains-with-overbar sign without “small” in its name; the notation using it determines its precise reading too.
Small Element Of With Overbar
Unicode pairs ⋷ with ⋾ as mirror forms for bidirectional text; right-to-left layout may show the relation facing the other way.
Small Contains As Member
The small contains-as-member sign without an overbar; its name distinguishes it from the overbar form ⋾.
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
- ⋾ meaning · ⋾ math · contains overbar notation
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
Windows
HTML
⋾CSS
\22FECodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⋾
HTML hex
⋾
CSS content
content: "\22FE";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%8B%BE
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.