What ⩆ means
It puts the union sign above the intersection sign.
The aliases cupcap and cupovercap describe that stack: the union sign has a cup shape and the intersection sign a cap shape. ISOAMS is a set of named mathematical symbols used in text markup, where written names stand for characters; it records ⩆ as “union above intersection.” The label describes the drawing, while the surrounding formula or source defines the exact algebraic role.
A specialist mathematical typesetting mark; its exact operation depends on the notation that defines it.
Do not infer its algebraic rule from the stacked shape alone.
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Questions people ask
1Why does ⩆ look different in fonts?
It can. Different systems and fonts may draw its strokes with different proportions. If font fallback cannot find a supporting font, a box may appear.
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How to type or find ⩆
- Also called
- cupcap · cupovercap
- Search it as
- \cupovercap · unicode-math
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⩆\2A46unicode-math, the ⩆ LaTeX command is \cupovercap.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.