^

Caret

U+005E
^

People copy the ^ caret when they need a reliable text sign for technical notation, power expressions, plain text emphasis without leaving keyboard-friendly formatting.

Code, file paths, and technical text.

ASCII symbolscaretpowercodenotationtext

Where people actually use this symbol

Code and technical strings

^ has a real technical role in syntax, paths, formatting, or equations, so people often copy it because the exact character matters.

Where it works better than emoji

^ beats emoji when the line needs precision. A plain symbol stays cleaner in product copy, tables, legal notes, and technical text where colorful emoji would feel noisy or less exact.

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Symbol details

Unicode
U+005E
HTML
^
ASCII
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