Proportional to
∝ is the Unicode character “PROPORTIONAL TO” (U+221D). It belongs to the Mathematical Operators block and was added in Unicode 1.1. Click it to copy, or use the codes below.
∝ codes
| UnicodeCode point | U+221D |
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|---|---|---|
| HTML codeDecimal, works in any HTML page | ∝ |
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| HTML hexHexadecimal HTML code | ∝ |
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| HTML entityNamed HTML entity | ∝ |
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| CSSFor the CSS content property | \221D |
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| JavaScriptEscape in JavaScript strings | \u221D |
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| PythonEscape in Python strings | \u221D |
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| URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8 | %E2%88%9D |
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| UTF-8Bytes in UTF-8 | E2 88 9D |
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| UTF-16Code units in UTF-16 | 221D |
How to type ∝
Copy and paste
Click to copy it, then paste with Ctrl + V (⌘ + V on a Mac) or a long press on phones.
Windows
Press Win + . to open the emoji and symbol panel, then search for “proportional to”.
In Microsoft Word, type 221D and press Alt + X.
Mac
Press Control + ⌘ + Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “proportional to”.
iPhone and Android
Copy it here and paste it. To type it again later, save it as a text replacement (iPhone: Settings › General › Keyboard › Text Replacement; Gboard: Settings › Dictionary › Personal dictionary).
About ∝
- Unicode name
- PROPORTIONAL TO
- Code point
- U+221D (8733)
- Block
- Mathematical Operators
- Category
- Math Symbol
- Unicode version
- 1.1