Caret (proofreading)

The caret (/ˈkærɪt/) is a V-shaped grapheme, usually inverted and sometimes extended, used in proofreading and typography to indicate that additional material needs to be inserted at the point indicated in the text. The same symbol is also used as a diacritical mark modifying another character (as in â), for which purpose it is known as a circumflex.

This article is about the proofreader's symbols that indicate insertion. For the similar symbol ^ used in computing, see Caret. For use as a diacritic modifying another character, see Circumflex. For other uses of the word "caret", see Caret (disambiguation).

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Caret (proofreading)
In UnicodeU+2038 ‸ CARET
U+2041 ⁁ CARET INSERTION POINT
U+2380 ⎀ INSERTION SYMBOL
Different from
Different fromU+005E ^ CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT
U+028C ʌ LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED V
U+2227 ∧ LOGICAL AND
U+03BB λ GREEK SMALL LETTER LAMDA
U+039B Λ GREEK CAPITAL LETTER LAMDA
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