Caret Insertion Point

Part of Punctuation and Typography Marks

Caret Insertion Point 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+2041

About this symbol

⁁, the caret insertion point, is the proofreader’s mark for “insert here”, written below the line where a missing word or letter belongs.

Unicode facts

Official name
CARET INSERTION POINT
Type
Punctuation
Unicode block
General Punctuation
Added in
Unicode 1.1 (1993)
Unicode notes
  • Proofreader’s mark: insert here
Related
⋌ Right Semidirect Product U+22CC

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