There is a great deal of variation in this character; fonts often make it distinctive as an identifying feature of the font. Common variants include⟨🙵⟩ and⟨🙰⟩.
Apart from theCJK variants, additional Unicode characters are intended for backward compatibility withWingdings fonts.
A stylized form ofLatinet(“and”). Romans used such symbols (ligatures) from at least the first centuryC.E., but the character may not have acquired its present form until the advent ofcalligraphy in the Middle Ages. Compare⁊ and+, of same meaning and similar derivation.
