Insert the Right Angle Symbol ⦜ on Windows, Mac, Mobile

How to Insert the Right Angle Symbol Anywhere

by Heinz Tschabitscher | Jul 27, 2026 | Useful Tech

Need to show a right angle without typing out “right angle” or “90°”? Perhaps you’re labeling diagrams, solving homework or drafting a geometry quiz, and just the right symbol is nowhere in sight. Find out here how to insert the right angle symbol ⤓ on right about any device (Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android, LaTeX etc.).

How to Insert the Right Angle Symbol ( ⦜ ) on Windows, Mac and Mobile

Using Copy and Paste
(Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android…)

Time needed: 2 minutes

To insert a symbol to indicate a right angle:

  1. Click Copy for the right-angle symbol you want to use in the table below.

  2. Position the cursor where you want the symbol to appear.

  3. Paste the right-angle sign.

    Here’s how: Press Ctrl V (Windows, Linux) or Command V (Mac).
    Not looking right: If the symbol does not look right, find a font that includes it (Lucida Sans Unicode, Noto Sans and DejaVu Sans are safe bets for most characters).
    Their word: Unicode include the right angle symbols in Mathematical Operators.

Right angle with indicator ⊾
Right angle with dot ⦝
Right angle with square ⦜
Simple right angle ∟
Top left ⌜
Bottom left ⌞
Top right ⌝
Bottom right ⌟
Triangular ruler 📐

Not just right angles: How to Insert the Angle Symbol in Word

Windows: Using Character Map

To insert a right-angle sign using the Windows Character Map:

  1. Open Character Map.
    Using Start menu: Press Windows for the start menu, start typing character map and click the Character Map application.
  2. Select Lucida Sans Unicode under Font :.
  3. Check Advanced view.
  4. Type right angle under Search for :.
  5. Double-click the Right Angle or Right Angle With Arc character.
    Insert the right angle symbol using Windows Character Map

Alternatives: On Windows, you can also use other methods to insert Unicode characters, of course; see below for the Unicode UTF codes for various right-angle characters.

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Mac: Using Character Viewer

To add a right-angle symbol on a Mac using Character Viewer:

  1. Select Edit | Emoji & Symbols from the menu on a Mac.
    Mac keyboard shortcut: Press Command Control Space or 🌐 (globe) to quickly open Character Viewer or the emoji panel.
  2. Type right angle in the search field.
    Both dialogs: This works in both the emoji dialog and Character Viewer.
  3. Double-click the right angle sign you want to enter.
    Insert a right angle symbol using Mac Character Viewer

Alternatives: A Mac offers other ways to insert Unicode characters; you can use them to insert the symbols from the table below, of course.

Degrees: How to Find the Degrees Symbol ( ° ) on a Mac Keyboard

iOS and Android: Using an Emoji Keyboard

You can use the triangular ruler emoji to indicate a right angle on iPhone and Android.

To insert the ruler:

  1. Open the emoji keyboard.
  2. Look for and insert 📐.
    Search: Try searching for ruler.

Degrees: How to Type the Degrees Symbol ( ° ) on iPhone (Any Lang)

How to Insert the Right Angle Symbol: FAQ

Can I insert a right-angle sign using HTML?

Yes, you can use the Unicode codepoint equivalents to insert right angle symbols in HTML code:

SymbolUnicode UTF-16HTML Entity
⊾0x22BE⊾
⦝0x299D⦝
⦜0x299C⦜
∟0x221F∟
⌜0x231C⌜
⌞0x231E⌞
⌝0x231D⌝
⌟0x231F⌟
📐0xD83D 0xDCD0📐

Is there a right-angle symbol for TeX and LaTeX?

No.

While no right-angle character is built into LaTeX, you can resort to packages, of course:

amsmath

You can use the angle symbol, for example, from amsmath:

\usepackage{amsmath}
…
$\angle$ 90$^{\circ}$
$\angle{ABC}$ 90$^{\circ}$

This results in

LaTeX angle.

unicode-math

With the unicode-math package, you can use Unicode symbols for right angles:

\usepackage{unicode-math}
…
$\rightangle$ --- right angle

$\measuredrightangle$ --- measured right angle

With very limited font support:

$\rightanglemdot$ --- measured right angle with dot

$\rightanglesqr$ --- right angle with square

The result is for the first two symbols

The right angle symbol in LaTeX using unicode-math.

As an alternative, you can construct your own right angle symbol in LaTeX.

(Tested with Mac, Windows and Linux; first published October 2021, last updated July 2026)

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