🞩 is the Unicode character LIGHT SALTIRE, code point U+1F7A9 (decimal 128937) in the Geometric Shapes Extended block, added in Unicode 7.0. In HTML write 🞩, and in UTF-8 it is the 4 bytes F0 9F 9E A9.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+1F7A9 |
| Decimal | 128937 |
| UTF-8 bytes | F0 9F 9E A9 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | D83D DFA9 |
| UTF-32 | 0001F7A9 |
| HTML decimal | 🞩 |
| HTML hex | 🞩 |
| CSS | \1F7A9 |
| JavaScript | \u{1F7A9} or \uD83D\uDFA9 |
| JSON | \uD83D\uDFA9 |
| Python | \U0001F7A9 |
| Python by name | \N{LIGHT SALTIRE} |
| Java, C# | \uD83D\uDFA9 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{1F7A9} |
| Go, C, C++ | \U0001F7A9 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %F0%9F%9E%A9 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character takes two code units (a surrogate pair) and "🞩".length is 2. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | LIGHT SALTIRE |
| Code point | U+1F7A9 (decimal 128937) |
| Block | Geometric Shapes Extended (U+1F780–U+1F7FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 7.0 |
Nearby in Geometric Shapes Extended
- 🞡 U+1F7A1 Thin Greek Cross
- 🞢 U+1F7A2 Light Greek Cross
- 🞣 U+1F7A3 Medium Greek Cross
- 🞤 U+1F7A4 Bold Greek Cross
- 🞥 U+1F7A5 Very Bold Greek Cross
- 🞦 U+1F7A6 Very Heavy Greek Cross
- 🞧 U+1F7A7 Extremely Heavy Greek Cross
- 🞨 U+1F7A8 Thin Saltire
- 🞪 U+1F7AA Medium Saltire
- 🞫 U+1F7AB Bold Saltire
- 🞬 U+1F7AC Heavy Saltire
- 🞭 U+1F7AD Very Heavy Saltire
- 🞮 U+1F7AE Extremely Heavy Saltire
- 🞯 U+1F7AF Light Five Spoked Asterisk
- 🞰 U+1F7B0 Medium Five Spoked Asterisk
- 🞱 U+1F7B1 Bold Five Spoked Asterisk
All 120 characters: Geometric Shapes Extended.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for 🞩?
- Use 🞩 (decimal) or 🞩 (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+1F7A9?
- F0 9F 9E A9 (hex), 4 bytes. In a URL it is %F0%9F%9E%A9.
- How do I write U+1F7A9 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u{1F7A9} or \uD83D\uDFA9. Python: \U0001F7A9.
Source
Unicode Character Database 18.0.0 (Unicode License v3); HTML entity names from the WHATWG HTML Standard (CC BY 4.0). The encodings above are computed from the code point and checked against Python's encoders. How the character looks depends on your fonts.
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