What does ^^ stand for in emmet?

Question

HTML

Wrapper>header>h1>a>img^^span.tel{123-456-7890}+nav>ul>li*5>a

Answer 1

emmet short tag
^^ on lvl 2 above
===>

<h1><a href=""><img src="" alt=""></a></h1>
<span class="tel">123-456-7890</span>

^ on ur 1. above
===>

<h1><a href=""><img src="" alt=""></a>
    <span class="tel">123-456-7890</span>
</h1>

span - rose to 1 lvl. up and became flush with a (ccskrjq) (i.e. not inside the image)