# \prime

The ′ symbol (Prime, U+2032), written as \prime in LaTeX math mode.

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

## Metadata

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Topic | [Letter-like symbols](https://texform.dev/latex/topics/letter-like) |
| Packages | base |
| Allowed mode | math |
| Glyph | ′ |
| Unicode | U+2032 PRIME |
| Delimiter | No |

## Syntax

```latex
\prime
```

Takes no arguments.

## Usage frequency

1.86% of formulas in the measured corpus contain this entry, rank 48 of 474 entries with frequency data.

## In TeXForm

TeXForm parses this entry as a character leaf mapped to U+2032 (PRIME).

### [base/prime-to-prime-node](https://texform.dev/rules/base/prime-to-prime-node)

Convert the prime control sequence to the Prime AST node.

Level: authoring. Fidelity: reading.

```latex
\prime
```

→

```latex
\prime
```

```latex
f^\prime
```

→

```latex
f'
```

## See also

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