U+22FE "⋾" Small Contains with Overbar Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+22FE "⋾" Small Contains with Overbar is a mathematical symbol belonging to the Supplemental Mathematical Operators block, designed to represent a set containment or inclusion relation in which one structure contains another, while the small letter shape and the overbar (or overscore) distinguish it from the standard "contains" sign. It is typically used in advanced mathematics, particularly in logic, set theory, and formal algebra, to denote a variant or specialized form of containment where the overbar may indicate negation or a structural modification such as closure or complement. This character is often employed in scholarly texts and technical documents to provide precise notation for relations that differ subtly from the more common "contains as an element" or "subset" symbols.

General Properties

Code Point U+22FE
Version Added 3.2
Name Small Contains with Overbar
Block Mathematical Operators
General Category Math Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral
Mirrored Yes
Mirrored Character "⋷" U+22F7 Small Element of with Overbar

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ⋾
HTML Hex Encoding ⋾
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x8B 0xBE
UTF-16 Encoding 0x22FE
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000022FE
C/C++/Java Escape \u22fe

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
Math Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other