Unicode Character "☸" (U+2638)

The character ☸ (Wheel Of Dharma) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2638. 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 Wheel Of Dharma
Unicode Codepoint U+2638
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+2638 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ☸
HTML (hex) ☸
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%98%B8
CSS \002638
JavaScript, JSON \u2638
C, C++, Java \u2638
Python \u2638
Rust \u{2638}
Ruby \u2638

How to type "☸"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 6 3 8. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 6 3 8. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x98 0xB8
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2638
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002638

References