# \owns

The ∋ symbol (Contains as member, U+220B), written as \owns in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Relations](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/relations) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ∋ |
| Unicode | U+220B CONTAINS AS MEMBER |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\owns
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

<0.01% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 346 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+220B (CONTAINS AS MEMBER).

### [base/owns-to-ni](https://texform.dev/rules/base/owns-to-ni)

Collapse owns to the shorter ni character.

Level: authoring. Fidelity: render.

```latex
\owns
```

→

```latex
\ni
```

```latex
A \owns B
```

→

```latex
A \ni B
```