^

See also: ˆ [U+02C6 MODIFIER LETTER CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT], ◌̂ [U+0302 COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT], ^@, and Appendix:Variations of "^"

^ U+005E, ^ CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT ← ] [U+005D] Basic Latin _ → [U+005F]

Character variations

＾ U+FF3E, ＾ FULLWIDTH CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT ← ］ [U+FF3D] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ＿ → [U+FF3F]

Translingual

Symbol

^ (English symbol name caret)

1. Used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is missing.
2. Separates the base and exponent in a power expression.

   n^2 = n² = n × n

   2^n = 2ⁿ

3. (programming) Bitwise exclusive disjunction.
4. (computing, as part of a keyboard shortcut) Control key.

   Press ^F to search for text in your document.

5. (computing) Indicates an ASCII control character in caret notation.

   ^W = end of control block

6. (regular expressions) Matches the start position within the string. Compare $, which matches the end position within the string.

   ^example$

7. (regular expressions) Used with square brackets: [ ]. Matches a single character other than the characters and ranges specified between the square brackets.

   [^abc] matches any character other than "a", "b", or "c".

   [^a-z] matches any single character that is not a lowercase letter from "a" to "z"

8. (Internet slang) Used to point to a message (or other content) situated above in a forum, chat, etc.
   • 2023 June 14, Mehera Bonner, “Riley Keough’s Net Worth Seems Kind of Complicated Due to the Elvis Estate”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1] (in English):

     Love Daisy Jones & the Six? Spending your free time deep-diving Fleetwood Mac drama? Suddenly need to know literally everything about Riley Keough, including how much she was paid for this show, not to mention her total net worth? Cool, same to literally ^ all ^ of ^ that.

Usage notes

• U+FF3E is a fullwidth character for use in East Asian typography.

Further reading

• Circumflex accent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

The symbol resembles an arrowhead pointing upward.

Preposition

^

1. (text messaging) up (in any sense)

   its ^ in d attic luv — It's up in the attic, love.

2. (text messaging) Replacing the letter sequence 'up' within a word.

Amis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

^ (no case)

1. A letter of the Amis alphabet.

Usage notes

This letter may sometimes be omitted when it occurs at the beginning or at the end of the word.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, C c, D d, E e, F f, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ng ng, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, ʼ, ^

Chiwere

Alternative forms

• ʼ, ˀ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Letter

^

1. A letter of the Chiwere alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

This letter is used for as an alternative to ⟨ˀ⟩ for typographic convenience.

Italian

Etymology

The symbol resembles an uppercase A and is readily available on typewriters and usual keyboard layouts, whereas ª is not.

Suffix

^ (f)

1. Used as female ordinal indicator

   Synonym: ª

   • Classe 1^B

     Class 1-B

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