# \boxminus

The ⊟ symbol (Squared minus, U+229F), written as \boxminus in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Binary operators](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/binary-operators) |
| Packages | ams |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ⊟ |
| Unicode | U+229F SQUARED MINUS |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\boxminus
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

<0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 321 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+229F (SQUARED MINUS).