Unicode Character "⎈" (U+2388)

The character ⎈ (HELM SYMBOL) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2388. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Technical block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.0 (September, 1999). It is HTML encoded as ⎈.

Main Unicode Properties

Name HELM SYMBOL
Unicode Codepoint U+2388
Unicode Version 3.0 (September, 1999)
Block Miscellaneous Technical
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Other Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+2388 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⎈
HTML (hex) ⎈
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%8E%88
CSS \2388
JavaScript \u{2388}
JSON \u2388
C, C++ \U00002388
Java \u2388
Python \U00002388
Rust \u{2388}
Ruby \u{2388}

How to type "⎈"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 3 8 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 3 8 8. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ⎈
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ⎈
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ⎈
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x8E 0x88
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2388
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002388

References