Unicode Character "⚖" (U+2696)

The character ⚖ (Scales) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+2696. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 4.1 (March, 2005). It is HTML encoded as ⚖.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Scales
Unicode Codepoint U+2696
Unicode Version 4.1 (March, 2005)
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+2696 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⚖
HTML (hex) ⚖
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9A%96
CSS \002696
JavaScript, JSON \u2696
C, C++, Java \u2696
Python \u2696
Rust \u{2696}
Ruby \u2696

How to type "⚖"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9A 0x96
UTF-16 (hex) 0x2696
UTF-32 (hex) 0x00002696

References