U+2041 "⁁" Caret Insertion Point Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⁁
U+2041 "⁁" Caret Insertion Point is a typographic symbol originally used in proofreading and editing to indicate where a missing character, word, or phrase should be inserted into a text. It is visually represented as an inverted caret or chevron pointing downward, distinguishing it from the standard caret symbol (U+2038) which points upward. This character falls within the General Punctuation block of Unicode and is classified as a punctuation mark intended for specialized editorial markup.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2041 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Caret Insertion Point |
| Block | General Punctuation |
| General Category | Other Punctuation |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⁁ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⁁ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x81 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2041 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002041 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2041 |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Rotated |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |