U+2973 "⥳" Leftwards Arrow Above Tilde Operator Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⥳
U+2973 "⥳" Leftwards Arrow Above Tilde Operator is a typographic symbol in the Arrows block, designed as a combination of a leftwards arrow positioned above a tilde operator. It is used primarily in mathematical and logical notation to represent a specific binary relation or operation, such as a variant of an equivalence or mapping that emphasizes both directional implication and approximate or relational similarity. While not common in everyday text, this character serves specialized purposes in formal notation, including contexts in algebra, category theory, or computer science where precise symbolic distinctions are required.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2973 |
| Version Added | 3.2 |
| Name | Leftwards Arrow Above Tilde Operator |
| Block | Supplemental Arrows-B |
| General Category | Math Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⥳ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⥳ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xA5 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2973 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002973 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2973 |
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 |