Unicode Character "☓" (U+2613)

The character ☓ (Saltire) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2613. 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 Saltire
Unicode Codepoint U+2613
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+2613 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ☓
HTML (hex) ☓
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%98%93
CSS \002613
JavaScript, JSON \u2613
C, C++, Java \u2613
Python \u2613
Rust \u{2613}
Ruby \u2613

How to type "☓"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 6 1 3. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 6 1 3. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x98 0x93
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2613
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002613

References