Special Characters
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| Punctuation: | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bullet | • | • |
| ellipsis | … | … |
| prime | ′ | ′ |
| Prime | ″ | ″ |
| overline | ‾ | ‾ |
| fraction | ⁄ | ⁄ |
| Letterlike symbols: | ||
| function | ƒ | ƒ |
| script P | ℘ | ℘ |
| imaginary part | ℑ | ℑ |
| real part | ℜ | ℜ |
| trademark | ™ | ™ |
| Alef symbol | ℵ | ℵ |
| Arrows: | ||
| leftwards arrow | ← | ← |
| upwards arrow | ↑ | ↑ |
| rightwards arrow | → | → |
| downwards arrow | ↓ | ↓ |
| left right arrow | ↔ | ↔ |
| carriage return | ↵ | ↵ |
| leftwards double arrow | ⇐ | ⇐ |
| upwards double arrow | ⇑ | ⇑ |
| rightwards double arrow | ⇒ | ⇒ |
| downwards double arrow | ⇓ | ⇓ |
| left right double arrow | ⇔ | ⇔ |
| Mathematical operators: | ||
| for all | ∀ | ∀ |
| partial differential | ∂ | ∂ |
| exist | ∃ | ∃ |
| empty | ∅ | ∅ |
| nabla | ∇ | ∇ |
| element of | ∈ | ∈ |
| not element of | ∉ | ∉ |
| contains as member | ∋ | ∋ |
| product sign | ∏ | ∏ |
| sum | ∑ | ∑ |
| minus | − | − |
| asterisk | ∗ | ∗ |
| root | √ | √ |
| proportional to | ∝ | ∝ |
| infinity | ∞ | ∞ |
| angle | ∠ | ∠ |
| logical and | ∧ | ∧ |
| logical or | ∨ | ∨ |
| intersection | ∩ | ∩ |
| union | ∪ | ∪ |
| integral | ∫ | ∫ |
| therefore | ∴ | ∴ |
| tilde | ∼ | ∼ |
| appr. equal | ≅ | ≅ |
| almost equal | ≈ | ≈ |
| not equal | ≠ | ≠ |
| identical | ≡ | ≡ |
| less-than or equal to | ≤ | ≤ |
| greater-than or equal to | ≥ | ≥ |
| subset of | ⊂ | ⊂ |
| superset of | ⊃ | ⊃ |
| not a subset of | ⊄ | ⊄ |
| subset of or equal to | ⊆ | ⊆ |
| superset of or equal to | ⊇ | ⊇ |
| circled plus | ⊕ | ⊕ |
| circled times | ⊗ | ⊗ |
| perpendicular | ⊥ | ⊥ |
| dot operator | ⋅ | ⋅ |
| Misc. technical: | ||
| left ceiling | ⌈ | ⌈ |
| right ceiling | ⌉ | ⌉ |
| left floor | ⌊ | ⌊ |
| right floor | ⌋ | ⌋ |
| left pointing angle bracket | ⟨ | ⟨ |
| right pointing angle bracket | ⟩ | ⟩ |
| Geometric shapes: | ||
| lozenge | ◊ | ◊ |
| Misc. symbols: | ||
| black spade suit | ♠ | ♠ |
| black club suit | ♣ | ♣ |
| black heart suit | ♥ | ♥ |
| black diamond suit | ♦ | ♦ |