"∝" U+221D Proportional To

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Unicode Data

The Unicode character U+221D, displayed as ∝ and named "Proportional To" is located in the Mathematical Operators block. This character was introduced in Unicode version 1.1 (1993). Find its HTML entities, UTF-8/UTF-16 encodings, hex values, and copy-paste details below.

Name:: Proportional To
Category:: Math Symbol
Block:: Mathematical Operators
Script:: Common
Bidirectional:: Other Neutrals
Mirrored:: Yes, 𝬐 (U+1DB10)
Unicode Version:: Unicode 1.1

Character Encodings

HTML Entity - Named:

&prop;

&propto;

&Proportional;

&vprop;

&varpropto;

HTML Entity - Decimal:

∝

HTML Entity - Hex:

∝

Unicode:

U+221D;

Decimal:

8733

CSS:

\00221D

Javascript:

\u221D

Perl:

\x{221D}

Ruby:

\u{221D}

Python:

u'\u221D'

UTF-8 Encoding:

E2889D

UTF-16 Encoding:

221D

UTF-32 Encoding:

0000221D