How to type Subset Of
To type Subset Of (⊂), press Alt + 8834 on Windows, holding Alt while typing the digits on the numeric keypad, or write ⊂ in HTML. On any system you can copy it from this page, or enter its codepoint U+2282 directly: Ctrl+Shift+U then 2282 on Linux, or 2282 then Alt+X in Microsoft Word.
Subset Of
- Copy it
- Unicode
- U+2282
- Windows
- Alt + 8834 needs regedit
| Where | Shortcut | How |
|---|---|---|
| Windows | Alt + 8834 | Above 255, so Windows will not accept it as typed. Copy the character instead. |
| Mac | N/A | Press the keys together. |
| HTML | ⊂ | Paste this into HTML source. |
| Unicode | U+2282 | SUBSET OF |
Symbols related to Subset Of
These are filed under of, subset and set in CLDR, the keyword list Unicode publishes alongside the names.
Other math symbols
⊂ lives in the Mathematical Operators block (U+2200-U+22FF), the core set of mathematical and logical operators. Within Unicode it is classified as Sm, a mathematical symbol. Software may lay it out with the spacing an operator expects.
How to type ⊂ in Microsoft Word
In Microsoft Word, type 2282 and press Alt + X. Word reads the four characters before the cursor as a hex codepoint and replaces them, and pressing Alt + X again turns ⊂ back into 2282, which is the quickest way to check what a character really is.
What Subset Of is used for
In mathematical notation ⊂ is a relation: it makes a claim about the two things either side of it, which is true or false rather than a value to work out. TeX gives a relation more space than an operator, and breaks a long line at one in preference to breaking at an operator. That is the classification unicode-math gives it, and it is what decides how the symbol is set: $\subset$ in LaTeX, in maths mode rather than in a sentence.
Unicode publishes a second list of names for ⊂ in CLDR, the keywords its own search data offers rather than the formal name, and it is set. That word is what somebody looking for this character is liable to type when Subset Of is not the name they know it by, and the search on the symbol lists matches it as well as the Unicode name.
What Unicode says about Subset Of
The standard recognises ⊂ under another name as well: included in set. That is a formal alias, not a nickname, which is why it turns up in other people's documentation for the same codepoint.
The code chart points from ⊂ to left sideways u bracket (U+2E26). These are the characters the standard thinks you might have meant instead, which makes them the ones worth checking when Subset Of looks nearly right but not quite.
How Subset Of behaves in software
⊂ is East Asian Ambiguous: one column in a Western locale and two in a CJK one. That is why a table that lines up on your machine can break on somebody else's, with no change to the text at all. It carries no direction of its own, so in a line that mixes English with Arabic or Hebrew it takes the direction of the text around it rather than forcing one. It is a mirrored character: in right-to-left text it is drawn reversed, so it keeps pointing at what it pointed at.
What people ask about Subset Of
How to type subset symbol on keyboard?
You can press Alt + 8834 on Windows, with Num Lock on and the digits typed on the numeric keypad. That produces ⊂.
How to insert subset symbol in word?
In Word, type 2282 and press Alt+X, which converts the codepoint you just typed into ⊂. Insert › Symbol › More Symbols finds it by its Unicode name, SUBSET OF. Google Docs has no Alt+X, so use Alt + 8834 there, or Insert › Special characters and search the same name.
Every way to write Subset Of
| Form | Value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint | U+2282 |
| Decimal | 8834 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8A 82 |
| UTF-16 bytes | 22 82 |
| HTML entity | ⊂ |
| HTML numeric | ⊂ or ⊂ |
| CSS | \2282 |
| JavaScript | \u2282 |
| Python | \u2282 |
| URL-encoded | %E2%8A%82 |
| LaTeX, in maths mode | $\subset$ |
| SVG | 2282.svg · (SIL Open Font License) |
If ⊂ arrives as ⊂
Its three UTF-8 bytes E2 8A 82 are being read one at a time as Windows-1252. The text is undamaged; the reader has to be told it is UTF-8.