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U+2136, ℶ
BET SYMBOL

[U+2135]
Letterlike Symbols
[U+2137]

Translingual

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Symbol

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(English symbol name beth)

  1. (set theory) Symbol for the cardinality of an infinite set in a iterative hierarchy of power sets, starting with ℵ₀. Usually indexed by an ordinal number.
    , and for a limit ordinal λ.

Usage notes

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Unicode has two code points for the Hebrew letter beth. For normal Hebrew text, U+05D1 ב should be used. U+2136 should be used for the mathematical symbol in Latin-script text because it will share the left-to-right direction of that text.

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