Symbole per ⅌

The symbol «Per» represents division or ratio in mathematics and physics. Such a division sign tends to express relationships or proportions, such as speed (kilometers per hour), density (kilograms per cubic meter), or other measures and units of measurement.

Such extraordinary icons ⅌ are rarely encountered in modern printed texts. It used to be put instead of the English preposition «per». For example, in phrases like «miles ⅌ hour«.

Modern users would rather see it as a cool spiral or decoration which is to be used accordingly. Take this symbol and paste it in your nicknames, decorative patterns, frames and other text elements which require special highlighting.

Le symbole «Symbole per» est inclus dans le sous-bloc «Lettre supplémentairelike symbols» du bloc «Symboles de type lettre» et a été approuvé dans le cadre de la version Unicode 4.1 en 2005.