Caret Symbol

^
Symbol Format Data
^ Code Point
U+005E
SVG
All symbols

Usage

The ^ (caret) symbol is used in computing to represent the exponentiation operator when entered on a keyboard. Typically, the symbol is used in an expression like this:

2^3

In plain language, this means “raise 2 to the 3rd power”. The caret symbol is also used to typeset superscript text, which represents exponentiation in written math.