What ⫰ means
Its reading depends on the notation around it. In MathML, ⫰ names ⫰; its operator dictionary classifies it as infix, meaning placed between expressions.
Stokoe notation describes signs through handshape, location, and movement; it describes them rather than spelling them. William C. Stokoe first described it in 1960; his 1965 American Sign Language dictionary used it. A 2012 Unicode proposal maps ⫰ to the thigh.
Technical; alone, it reads like a fragment of notation.
Assume thigh only in the Stokoe location proposal.
Don't confuse it with
4Questions people ask
1Is ⫰ an emoji?
No. It is a text symbol used in technical notation.
How to type ⫰
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 2AF0, 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 “vertical line with circle below”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 2af0, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⫰CSS
\2AF0Windows
In Word, type `2AF0`, then press `Alt+X`.
Linux
In GTK apps, press `Ctrl+Shift+U`, type `2af0`, then `Enter`.
HTML
Use `⫰` or `⫰`.
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⫰
HTML hex
⫰
CSS content
content: "\2AF0";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%AB%B0
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.