🔍

Loading symbols…

››

⪽

subset with dot

Subset with dot

⪽ marks a specialized subset relation, but the dot does not fix one universal reading. In a formula, follow the author's notation before treating it as the plain subset symbol or the subset-or-equal symbol. In HTML, <code>&subdot;</code> is its named character reference.

Text symbol

Also called: subdot
Search it as: subsetdot · subset relation · subset symbol · math operator
Shows up in: Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What ⪽ means

It marks a subset relation whose exact force depends on the notation.

The dot makes this subset symbol a specialized variant, but ⪽ alone does not say which condition the author intends. The formula's definition supplies that distinction.

A 1999 Unicode technical proposal lists ⪽ among mathematical characters. An ISO/IEC entity table records the HTML name subdot in 2003.

Don't confuse it with

⊂

Subset Of

No dot: the familiar subset sign. Its meaning still depends on the author's convention.

⊆

Subset Of Or Equal To

The lower bar marks the subset-or-equal form; it is a different relation from the dotted sign.

Questions people ask

Why 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 2ABD, 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 “subset with dot”.

Linux

Ctrl+Shift+UType 2abd, then Enter or Space.

HTML

⪽

CSS

\2ABD

HTML

Use `&subdot;`, `⪽`, or `⪽` in markup.

Codes and encoding1 code points

HTML decimal

⪽

HTML hex

⪽

CSS content

content: "\2ABD";

Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.

URL encoded

%E2%AA%BD

On screen

Code points

JS .length

UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

Maths & numbers1,835 symbols

1️⃣📏📐✖️➕➖➗🟰♾️#️⃣*️⃣0️⃣