# \S

The § symbol (Section sign, U+00A7), written as \S in LaTeX math mode.

https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/S

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Letter-like symbols](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/letter-like) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | § |
| Unicode | U+00A7 SECTION SIGN |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\S
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

<0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 298 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+00A7 (SECTION SIGN).

## See also

- [\\backslash](https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/backslash)
- [\\lnot](https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/lnot)
- [\\neg](https://texform.dev/latex/symbols/neg)
- [\\S](https://texform.dev/latex/commands/S)