Unicode Character "☉" (U+2609)

The character ☉ (Sun) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2609. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (June, 1993). It is HTML encoded as ☉.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Sun
Unicode Codepoint U+2609
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Miscellaneous Symbols
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+2609 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ☉
HTML (hex) ☉
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%98%89
CSS \002609
JavaScript, JSON \u2609
C, C++, Java \u2609
Python \u2609
Rust \u{2609}
Ruby \u2609

How to type "☉"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 6 0 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 6 0 9. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x98 0x89
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2609
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002609

References