Unicode Character "☦" (U+2626)

The character ☦ (Orthodox Cross) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2626. 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 Orthodox Cross
Unicode Codepoint U+2626
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+2626 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ☦
HTML (hex) ☦
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%98%A6
CSS \002626
JavaScript, JSON \u2626
C, C++, Java \u2626
Python \u2626
Rust \u{2626}
Ruby \u2626

How to type "☦"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x98 0xA6
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2626
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002626

References