Unicode Character "✏" (U+270F)

The character ✏ (Pencil) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+270F. It is encoded in the Dingbats 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 Pencil
Unicode Codepoint U+270F
Unicode Version 1.1 (June, 1993)
Block Dingbats
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+270F Conversion

HTML (decimal) ✏
HTML (hex) ✏
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%9C%8F
CSS \00270F
JavaScript, JSON \u270F
C, C++, Java \u270F
Python \u270F
Rust \u{270F}
Ruby \u270F

How to type "✏"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 7 0 F. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 7 0 F. Release Alt.

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9C 0x8F
UTF-16 (hex) 0x270F
UTF-32 (hex) 0x0000270F

References