Subset Of

Part of Math Symbols

Subset Of has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.

Alt code
None
HTML entity
⊂
Unicode
U+2282

About this symbol

⊂ means “is a subset of”: A ⊂ B says every member of A is also in B. Some books use it only when A is smaller than B, and write ⊆ when the two may be equal.

Unicode facts

Official name
SUBSET OF
Also called
Included in set
Type
Maths symbol
Unicode block
Mathematical Operators
Unicode group
Relations
Added in
Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Related
⸦ Left Sideways U Bracket U+2E26

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