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U+2202 · PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL

Partial Differential

  • CodepointU+2202
  • NamePARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL
  • Decimal8706
  • BlockMathematical Operators (U+2200–U+22FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySm — Math Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthA — Ambiguous
  • MirroredYes

About this character

U+2202 (∂) is PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL, a mathematical symbol in the Mathematical Operators block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

It is a mirrored character: in right-to-left text renderers draw its mirror image.

Its East Asian Width is Ambiguous: it takes one column in Western contexts and two in East Asian legacy contexts, a common cause of misaligned tables in terminals.

How to type ∂

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 88 823 bytes
UTF-1622021 code unit
UTF-32000022024 bytes
HTML named∂named character reference
HTML named∂named character reference
HTML decimal∂
HTML hex∂
CSS\2202in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2202
JSON\u2202
Python\u2202
Python\N{PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL}by name
Java / C#\u2202
C / C++\u2202universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2202}
Go\u2202
Ruby\u2202
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8706)
URL-encoded%E2%88%82percent-encoded UTF-8
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Looks similar

Characters that Unicode’s security data (UTS #39 confusables) lists as visually confusable with this one. Useful for spotting lookalike spoofing in URLs and usernames.

U+1D6DB𝛛Mathematical Bold Partial Differential U+1D715𝜕Mathematical Italic Partial Differential U+1D74F𝝏Mathematical Bold Italic Partial Differential U+1D789𝞉Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Partial Differential U+1D7C3𝟃Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Partial Differential U+1E8CC𞣌Mende Kikakui Digit Six
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Characters built on ∂

U+1D6DB𝛛Mathematical Bold Partial Differential U+1D715𝜕Mathematical Italic Partial Differential U+1D74F𝝏Mathematical Bold Italic Partial Differential U+1D789𝞉Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Partial Differential U+1D7C3𝟃Mathematical Sans-Serif Bold Italic Partial Differential
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Nearby in Mathematical Operators

All in block →
U+2200∀For All U+2201∁Complement U+2203∃There Exists U+2204∄There Does Not Exist U+2205∅Empty Set U+2206∆Increment U+2207∇Nabla U+2208∈Element of