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succeeds under relation

Succeeds Under Relation

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In an ordered mathematical relation, ⊱ says that the item on the left succeeds or follows the item on the right. In right-to-left text, it may be displayed as its mirror partner, .

Text symbol

What ⊱ means

⊱ is the succeeds under relation. Unicode classifies it as a mathematical symbol and files it in the Mathematical Operators block; this site shelves it under Maths.

Its appearance depends on the font and text styling.

How it is encoded

⊱ is a single code point, U22B1. In HTML that is ⊱, and in CSS \22B1.

Questions people ask

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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.

Collections with ⊱

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How to type or find ⊱

Search it as
succeeds symbol · succeeds sign · order relation symbol · ⊱ vs ⊰ · ⊱ vs ≻
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
Windows (Word)
⎇Alt+XType 22B1, then AltX 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 “succeeds under relation”.
Linux
⎈Ctrl+⇧Shift+UType 22b1, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⊱
CSS
\22B1
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⊱
HTML hex
⊱
CSS content
content: "\22B1";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%8A%B1
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.

Families this belongs to

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