What ⫯ means
Whatever the author defines: it is a decorated relation bar.
The symbol is two familiar parts. The vertical line is the bar mathematicians write as , as in “a b” (a divides b) or in set notation; its entity name is ∣. The small circle on top marks it as a variant of that bar. The entity name ⫯ spells exactly that: circle plus mid.
⫯ was encoded in Unicode 3.2 together with hundreds of operators taken from the symbol sets publishers already used for scientific typesetting, the ISO entity sets and the STIX fonts. The goal was that every symbol a journal could print would also have a code point. So ⫯ is a typesetting resource: if you meet it in a paper, the paper or its field defines what it means, usually as some relation between the two things on either side.
Part of collections
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
2Is ⫯ the neuter or gender symbol?
No. The neuter sign is , a separate character. They can look alike in some fonts, but ⫯ is a maths relation symbol.
Why does it show as an empty box?
Your font lacks it. Maths fonts such as Cambria Math, STIX Two or Noto Sans Math include it.
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How to type or find ⫯
- Also called
- cirmid · circle-topped bar · pin symbol
- Search it as
- ⫯ · vertical line circle above · lollipop symbol · U+2AEF
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
⫯\2AEFCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.