Unicode/List of useful symbols

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This page is intended to supply a list of some useful symbols separated by topic so it can be found quickly without the need to search in the Unicode reference tables.

Contents 1 Typography 2 Mathematical 2.1 Unary operators 2.2 Binary operators 2.3 (In)equality 2.4 Calculus & DEs 2.5 Sets 2.6 Mathematical typography 2.7 Proofs 2.8 Geometry 2.9 Other 3 Science 4 Engineering 5 External links

[edit] Typography

Symbol	Unicode	description		Symbol	Unicode	description		Symbol	Unicode	description
–	2013	(en dash)		—	2014	(em dash)		―	2015	(quotation dash)
‘	2018	lsquo		’	2019	rsquo		“	201C	ldquo
”	201D	rdquo		¼	00BC			½	00BD
¾	00BE			¶	00B6	paragraph		§	00A7
†	2020			‡	2021			•	2022
·	00B7			★	2605	starf, bigstar			00A0	nbsp, NonBreakingSpace
←	2190			↑	2191			→	2192
↓	2193			␣	2423	space		✓	2713	check, checkmark
✗	2717	cross		□	25A1	squ, square, Square			21A9	Carriage Return

[edit] Mathematical

[edit] Unary operators

√ 221A radic, Sqrt, radical, square root

± B1 plus or minus

∓ 2213 minus or plus

′ 2032 prime, derivative

″ 2033 Prime, double prime

‴ 2034 tprime, triple prime

∏ 220F product

∑ 2211 sum

[edit] Binary operators

− (minus) 2212

× D7

⋅ 22C5 sdot

[edit] (In)equality

∝ 221D , prop, propto, Proportional, vprop, varpropto

≪ 226A gg

≫ 226B ll

≜ 225C trie, triangleq

≟ 225F equest, questeq

≠ 2260 ne, NotEqual

≡ 2261 equiv, Congruent

[edit] Calculus & DEs

∞ 221E infin

∂ 2202

∫ 222B

∇ 2207 nabla, Del

[edit] Sets

⊂ 2282 subset, included in, proper subset

⊃ 2283 superset, includes, proper superset

∩ 2229 intersection

∪ 222A union

∈ 2208 isin, isinv, Element, in

∉ 2209 notin, NotElement, notinva

∋ 220B niv, ReverseElement, ni, SuchThat

∌ 220C notni, notniva, NotReverseElement

∅ 2205 empty, emptyset, emptyv, varnothing

[edit] Mathematical typography

⋮ 22EE vellip

⋯ 22EF hellip

⋰ 22F0 utdot

⋱ 22F1 dtdot

〈 27E8 lang

〉27E9 rang

[edit] Proofs

◼ 25FC FilledSmallSquare

∴ 2234, THEREFORE , there4, therefore, Therefore

∵ 2235, BECAUSE , becaus, because, Because

∀ 2200, FOR ALL , forall, ForAll

∃ 2203, THERE EXISTS , exist, Exists

∄ 02204, THERE DOES NOT EXIST , nexist, NotExists, nexists

[edit] Geometry

∠ 2220 , ang, angle

∡U02221 , angmsd, measuredangle

786000 Ashwani Shrestha

[edit] Other

ℓ 2113 Small script letter L, litre.

[edit] Science

° B0

′ 2032 prime

″ 2033 Prime

µ B5 micro

[edit] Engineering

⌭ 232D cylcty

⌮ ALL AROUND-PROFILE profalar

Ω 2126 , ohm

℄ 2104 Centerline symbol

﹊ FE4A Centerline overline dashes

﹎ FE4E Centerline underline dashes

[edit] External links

• Unicode lookup