What ⟥ means
A rightward tick marks future time; a leftward tick marks past time.
In the same modal-operator set, ⟤ means “was always.” The diamond forms ⟣ and ⟢ mean “will never be” and “was never”; the unticked diamond ⟡ means “never.”
Don't confuse it with
4Questions 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.
How to type ⟥
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 27E5, 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 “white square with rightwards tick”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 27e5, then Enter or Space.
HTML
⟥CSS
\27E5Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
⟥
HTML hex
⟥
CSS content
content: "\27E5";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%E2%9F%A5
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.