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
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.
Collections with ⊱
4How 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
⊱\22B1Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.



