Unicode Character "⧆" (U+29C6)

The character ⧆ (SQUARED ASTERISK) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+29C6. It is encoded in the Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.2 (March, 2002). It is HTML encoded as ⧆.

Main Unicode Properties

Name SQUARED ASTERISK
Unicode Codepoint U+29C6
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Miscellaneous Mathematical Symbols-B
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+29C6 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⧆
HTML (hex) ⧆
HTML (named) -
URL Escape Code %E2%A7%86
CSS \29C6
JavaScript \u{29C6}
JSON \u29C6
C, C++ \U000029C6
Java \u29C6
Python \U000029C6
Rust \u{29C6}
Ruby \u{29C6}

How to type "⧆"

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

Preview

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

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0xA7 0x86
UTF-16 (hex) 0x29C6
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000029C6

References