| ‸ ⁁ ⎀ | |
|---|---|
Caret (proofreading) | |
| In Unicode | U+2038 ‸ CARET U+2041 ⁁ CARET INSERTION POINT U+2380 ⎀ INSERTION SYMBOL |
| Different from | |
| Different from | U+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 |
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.