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Therefore HTML entity ∴
∴ is the HTML entity for Therefore ∴ (U+2234). Copy the decimal ∴ and hex ∴ codes plus CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL escapes.
- Entity
∴- Also written
∴∴- Code point
- U+2234
- Unicode name
- THEREFORE
- Block
- Mathematical Operators
- Category
- Math symbol (Sm)
- Since
- Unicode 1.1
- Defined in
- HTML 4.01 and HTML5
Codes to copy
| HTML named | ∴Works in HTML; in XML only & < > " ' are predefined. | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML decimal | ∴Works in HTML and XML. | |
| HTML hex | ∴Works in HTML and XML. | |
| CSS | content: "\2234";In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after. | |
| JavaScript | "\u2234"Also valid in JSON. | |
| Python | "\u2234"Python 3 string literal. | |
| Python by name | "\N{THEREFORE}"Readable alternative using the Unicode name. | |
| URL | %E2%88%B4Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value. | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 88 B43 bytes. | |
| UTF-16 | 22341 code unit, which is what JavaScript length counts. |
When to use it
The therefore sign, three dots in a triangle, used in proofs. Its upside-down partner 'because' is ∵.
The name dates from HTML 4, so it works in every browser and in old email clients.
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Source: the WHATWG HTML Standard list of named character references and the Unicode Character Database (Unicode 18.0).