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U+221D · PROPORTIONAL TO

Proportional to

  • CodepointU+221D
  • NamePROPORTIONAL TO
  • Decimal8733
  • 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+221D (∝) is PROPORTIONAL TO, 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 9D3 bytes
UTF-16221D1 code unit
UTF-320000221D4 bytes
HTML named∝named character reference
HTML named∝named character reference
HTML named∝named character reference
HTML decimal∝
HTML hex∝
CSS\221Din content: "…"
JavaScript\u221D
JSON\u221D
Python\u221D
Python\N{PROPORTIONAL TO}by name
Java / C#\u221D
C / C++\u221Duniversal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{221D}
Go\u221D
Ruby\u221D
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(8733)
URL-encoded%E2%88%9Dpercent-encoded UTF-8
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Nearby in Mathematical Operators

All in block →
U+2217∗Asterisk Operator U+2218∘Ring Operator U+2219∙Bullet Operator U+221A√Square Root U+221B∛Cube Root U+221C∜Fourth Root U+221E∞Infinity U+221F∟Right Angle U+2220∠Angle U+2221∡Measured Angle U+2222∢Spherical Angle U+2223∣Divides