Unicode Character "☹" (U+2639)

The character ☹ (White Frowning Face) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2639. 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 White Frowning Face
Unicode Codepoint U+2639
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+2639 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ☹
HTML (hex) ☹
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%98%B9
CSS \002639
JavaScript, JSON \u2639
C, C++, Java \u2639
Python \u2639
Rust \u{2639}
Ruby \u2639

How to type "☹"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 6 3 9. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 6 3 9. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x98 0xB9
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2639
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002639

References