U+2312 · Other symbol
HTML entity
⌒
LaTeX
\profline
Arc Symbol ⌒
⌒ is arc, U+2312. Unicode also records it as “position of any line”. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
Also known as
- position of any line
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+2312 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ⌒ | |
| HTML decimal | ⌒ | |
| CSS | \2312 | |
| JavaScript | \u{2312} | |
| Python | \U00002312 | |
| Java / C# | \u2312 | |
| Rust | \u{2312} | |
| Swift | \u{2312} | |
| PHP | \u{2312} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%8C%92 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8C 92 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 2312 | |
| Base64 | 4oyS | |
| Decimal | 8978 | |
| HTML entity | ⌒ | |
| LaTeX | \profline | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 1.1 | |
Will ⌒ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. Yes. ⌒ is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
- Legacy encodings. ⌒ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
- Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Unicode cross-references
The standard points readers of ⌒ at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.
Nearby in Miscellaneous Technical
Symbols from engineering, electronics and computing: APL operators, keyboard keys, dentistry and cartography marks. The ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ⏎ keys people paste into shortcut documentation live here.
How to type ⌒
| Windows | Type 2312 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “arc” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2312, press Enter |
| HTML | ⌒ |
About Unicode’s Other symbol category
Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the ⌒ arc symbol?
- On Windows, type 2312 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2312. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ⌒?
- Arc is U+2312, written in HTML as ⌒ and in LaTeX as \profline. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ⌒?
- Arc is filed under Other symbol in the Miscellaneous Technical block, and was introduced in Unicode 1.1. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.