⚨ is the Unicode character VERTICAL MALE WITH STROKE SIGN, code point U+26A8 (decimal 9896) in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, added in Unicode 4.1. In HTML write ⚨, and in UTF-8 it is the 3 bytes E2 9A A8.
Codes
| Where | How to write it |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+26A8 |
| Decimal | 9896 |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 9A A8 |
| UTF-16 (big-endian) | 26A8 |
| UTF-32 | 000026A8 |
| HTML decimal | ⚨ |
| HTML hex | ⚨ |
| CSS | \26A8 |
| JavaScript | \u26A8 |
| JSON | \u26A8 |
| Python | \u26A8 |
| Python by name | \N{VERTICAL MALE WITH STROKE SIGN} |
| Java, C# | \u26A8 |
| Rust, Swift | \u{26A8} |
| Go, C, C++ | \u26A8 |
| URL (percent-encoded) | %E2%9A%A8 |
JavaScript and JSON strings store text as UTF-16, so this character is one code unit long. Python 3 strings count code points, so its length there is 1.
Properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | VERTICAL MALE WITH STROKE SIGN |
| Code point | U+26A8 (decimal 9896) |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF) |
| General category | So: Other symbol |
| Script | Common |
| Bidirectional class | ON: Other neutral |
| Mirrored in right-to-left text | No |
| First in Unicode version | 4.1 |
Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols
- ⚠ U+26A0 Warning
- ⚡ U+26A1 High voltage
- ⚢ U+26A2 Doubled Female Sign
- ⚣ U+26A3 Doubled Male Sign
- ⚤ U+26A4 Interlocked Female And Male Sign
- ⚥ U+26A5 Male And Female Sign
- ⚦ U+26A6 Male With Stroke Sign
- ⚧ U+26A7 Transgender symbol
- ⚩ U+26A9 Horizontal Male With Stroke Sign
- ⚪ U+26AA White circle
- ⚫ U+26AB Black circle
- ⚬ U+26AC Medium Small White Circle
- ⚭ U+26AD Marriage Symbol
- ⚮ U+26AE Divorce Symbol
- ⚯ U+26AF Unmarried Partnership Symbol
- ⚰ U+26B0 Coffin
All 256 characters: Miscellaneous Symbols.
Official reference
Questions people ask
- What is the HTML code for ⚨?
- Use ⚨ (decimal) or ⚨ (hex).
- What is the UTF-8 encoding of U+26A8?
- E2 9A A8 (hex), 3 bytes. In a URL it is %E2%9A%A8.
- How do I write U+26A8 in JavaScript or Python?
- JavaScript: \u26A8. Python: \u26A8.
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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