Miscellaneous Symbols

Miscellaneous Symbols is a Unicode block (U+2600–U+26FF) containing glyphs representing concepts from a variety of categories: astrological, astronomical, chess, dice, musical notation, political symbols, recycling, religious symbols, trigrams, warning signs, and weather, among others.

Miscellaneous Symbols
RangeU+2600..U+26FF
(256 code points)
PlaneBMP
ScriptsCommon
Symbol setsWeather
Astrological
Chess
Recycling
Map symbols
Assigned256 code points
Unused0 reserved code points
Source standardsARIB STD-B24
Unicode version history
1.0.0106 (+106)
3.0109 (+3)
3.2133 (+24)
4.0145 (+12)
4.1175 (+30)
5.0176 (+1)
5.1191 (+15)
5.2250 (+59)
6.0256 (+6)
Note: [1][2]

Tables

Definitions

Miscellaneous Symbols Unicode block
Official NameGlyphUnicode #HTMLCommon meaning
Black sun with raysU+2600☀Clear weather
CloudU+2601☁Cloud, cloudy weather
UmbrellaU+2602☂Umbrella, rainy weather
SnowmanU+2603☃Snowman, snowy weather
CometU+2604☄
Black starU+2605★
White starU+2606☆
LightningU+2607☇Lightning
ThunderstormU+2608☈Thunderstorm
SunU+2609☉Sun, gold
Ascending nodeU+260A☊
Descending nodeU+260B☋
ConjunctionU+260C☌Open circuit
OppositionU+260D☍Closed circuit
Black telephoneU+260E☎
White telephoneU+260F☏
Ballot boxU+2610☐Check box, optional information
Ballot box with checkU+2611☑
Ballot box with XU+2612☒
SaltireU+2613☓
Umbrella with raindropsU+2614☔Showery weather
Hot beverageU+2615☕Tea, coffee, hot chocolate
White shogi pieceU+2616☖
Black shogi pieceU+2617☗
ShamrockU+2618☘Good luck
Reversed rotated floral heart bulletU+2619☙Binding signature mark
Black left pointing indexU+261A☚
Black right pointing indexU+261B☛
White left pointing indexU+261C☜
White up pointing indexU+261D☝
White right pointing indexU+261E☞
White down pointing indexU+261F☟
Skull and crossbonesU+2620☠Poison, death
Caution signU+2621☡
Radioactive signU+2622☢Toxic hazard, nuclear fallout
Biohazard signU+2623☣Disease, epidemic, pandemic
CaduceusU+2624☤Trade
AnkhU+2625☥Religious symbol
Orthodox crossU+2626☦Patriarchal cross
Chi RhoU+2627☧Labarum
Cross of LorraineU+2628☨Patriarchal cross
Cross of JerusalemU+2629☩Cross potent
Star and crescentU+262A☪Emblem of Turkey; Islam
Farsi symbolU+262B☫Coat of arms of Iran
Adi shaktiU+262C☬Khanda
Hammer and sickleU+262D☭Communism
Peace symbolU+262E☮Peace
Yin yangU+262F☯Taoism, balance
Trigram for HeavenU+2630☰
Trigram for LakeU+2631☱
Trigram for FireU+2632☲
Trigram for ThunderU+2633☳
Trigram for WindU+2634☴
Trigram for WaterU+2635☵
Trigram for MountainU+2636☶
Trigram for EarthU+2637☷
Wheel of DharmaU+2638☸
White frowning faceU+2639☹
White smiling faceU+263A☺
Black smiling faceU+263B☻
White sun with raysU+263C☼Compass
First quarter moonU+263D☽Silver
Last quarter moonU+263E☾
MercuryU+263F☿Mercury (planet), mercury (element), Hermaphrodite
VenusU+2640♀Venus (planet), copper, femininity, Woman
EarthU+2641♁Antimony
MarsU+2642♂Mars (planet), iron, masculinity, Man
JupiterU+2643♃Jupiter (planet), tin
SaturnU+2644♄Saturn (planet), lead
UranusU+2645♅For the astronomical symbol see U+26E2
NeptuneU+2646♆Neptune (planet)
PlutoU+2647♇Pluto
AriesU+2648♈Aries (constellation)
TaurusU+2649♉Taurus (constellation)
GeminiU+264A♊Gemini (constellation)
CancerU+264B♋Cancer (constellation)
LeoU+264C♌Leo (constellation)
VirgoU+264D♍Virgo (constellation)
LibraU+264E♎Libra (constellation)
ScorpiusU+264F♏Scorpius (constellation), minim
SagittariusU+2650♐Sagittarius (constellation)
CapricornU+2651♑Capricornus (constellation)
AquariusU+2652♒Aquarius (constellation)
PiscesU+2653♓Pisces (constellation)
White chess kingU+2654♔
White chess queenU+2655♕
White chess rookU+2656♖
White chess bishopU+2657♗
White chess knightU+2658♘
White chess pawnU+2659♙
Black chess kingU+265A♚
Black chess queenU+265B♛
Black chess rookU+265C♜
Black chess bishopU+265D♝
Black chess knightU+265E♞
Black chess pawnU+265F♟
Black spade suitU+2660♠
White heart suitU+2661♡
White diamond suitU+2662♢
Black club suitU+2663♣
White spade suitU+2664♤
Black heart suitU+2665♥
Black diamond suitU+2666♦
White club suitU+2667♧
Hot springsU+2668♨Onsen
Quarter noteU+2669♩Crotchet
Eighth noteU+266A♪Quaver
Beamed eighth notesU+266B♫Linked quavers
Beamed sixteenth notesU+266C♬Linked semi-quavers
Music flat signU+266D♭
Music natural signU+266E♮
Music sharp signU+266F♯
West Syriac crossU+2670♰
East Syriac crossU+2671♱
Universal recycling symbolU+2672♲
Recycling symbol for type-1 plasticsU+2673♳
Recycling symbol for type-2 plasticsU+2674♴
Recycling symbol for type-3 plasticsU+2675♵
Recycling symbol for type-4 plasticsU+2676♶
Recycling symbol for type-5 plasticsU+2677♷
Recycling symbol for type-6 plasticsU+2678♸
Recycling symbol for type-7 plasticsU+2679♹
Recycling symbol for generic materialsU+267A♺
Black universal recycling symbolU+267B♻
Recycled paper symbolU+267C♼
Partially-recycled paper symbolU+267D♽
Permanent paper signU+267E♾
Wheelchair symbolU+267F♿
Die face-1U+2680⚀
Die face-2U+2681⚁
Die face-3U+2682⚂
Die face-4U+2683⚃
Die face-5U+2684⚄
Die face-6U+2685⚅
White circle with dot rightU+2686⚆
White circle with two dotsU+2687⚇
Black circle with white dot rightU+2688⚈
Black circle with two white dotsU+2689⚉
Monogram for yangU+268A⚊
Monogram for yinU+268B⚋
Digram for greater yangU+268C⚌
Digram for lesser yinU+268D⚍
Digram for lesser yangU+268E⚎
Digram for greater yinU+268F⚏
White flagU+2690⚐
Black flagU+2691⚑
Hammer and pickU+2692⚒Mining, working day
AnchorU+2693⚓Nautical term, harbor
Crossed swordsU+2694⚔Military term, battleground, killed in action
Rod of AsclepiusU+2695⚕Medical term
ScalesU+2696⚖Legal term, jurisprudence
AlembicU+2697⚗Chemical term, chemistry
FlowerU+2698⚘Botanical term
GearU+2699⚙Technology, tools
Staff of HermesU+269A⚚Caduceus, commercial term, commerce
Atom symbolU+269B⚛Nuclear installation
Fleur-de-lisU+269C⚜France, Quebec, Trinity, Scouting
Outlined white starU+269D⚝Coat of arms of Morocco
Three lines converging rightU+269E⚞Someone speaking closed captioning symbol (from ARIB STD B24)
Three lines converging leftU+269F⚟Background speaking closed captioning symbol (from ARIB STD B24)
Warning signU+26A0⚠
High voltage signU+26A1⚡
Doubled female signU+26A2⚢Female homosexuality
Doubled male signU+26A3⚣Male homosexuality
Interlocked female and male signU+26A4⚤Male or Female bisexuality
Male and female signU+26A5⚥Male or Female heterosexuality, Hermaphrodite (in entomology)
Male with stroke signU+26A6⚦Transgender
Male with stroke and male and female signU+26A7⚧Transgender
Vertical male with stroke signU+26A8⚨Iron (II) sulfate
Horizontal male with stroke signU+26A9⚩Magnesium
Medium white circleU+26AA⚪Asexuality, sexless, genderless, engaged, betrothed
Medium black circleU+26AB⚫Symbol for record function
Medium small white circleU+26AC⚬Engaged, betrothed
Marriage symbolU+26AD⚭
Divorce symbolU+26AE⚮
Unmarried partnership symbolU+26AF⚯
CoffinU+26B0⚰Buried (genealogy)
Funeral urnU+26B1⚱Cremated (genealogy)
NeuterU+26B2⚲
CeresU+26B3⚳1 Ceres (dwarf planet)
PallasU+26B4⚴2 Pallas
JunoU+26B5⚵3 Juno
VestaU+26B6⚶4 Vesta
ChironU+26B7⚷2060 Chiron
Black moon LilithU+26B8⚸
SextileU+26B9⚹Sal ammoniac
SemisextileU+26BA⚺
QuincunxU+26BB⚻
SesquiquadrateU+26BC⚼
FootballU+26BD⚽
BaseballU+26BE⚾
Squared keyU+26BF⚿Parental lock (from ARIB STD B24)
White draughts manU+26C0⛀
White draughts kingU+26C1⛁
Black draughts manU+26C2⛂
Black draughts kingU+26C3⛃
Snowman without snowU+26C4⛄Light snow (from ARIB STD B24)
Sun behind cloudU+26C5⛅Partly cloudy (from ARIB STD B24)
RainU+26C6⛆Rainy weather (from ARIB STD B24)
Black snowmanU+26C7⛇Heavy snow (from ARIB STD B24)
Thunder cloud and rainU+26C8⛈Thunderstorm (from ARIB STD B24)
Turned white shogi pieceU+26C9⛉From ARIB STD B24
Turned black shogi pieceU+26CA⛊From ARIB STD B24
White diamond in squareU+26CB⛋From ARIB STD B24
Crossing lanesU+26CC⛌Accident (from ARIB STD B24)
Disabled carU+26CD⛍From ARIB STD B24
OphiuchusU+26CE⛎Ophiuchus (astrology), new in Unicode 6.
PickU+26CF⛏Under construction (from ARIB STD B24)
Car slidingU+26D0⛐Icy road (from ARIB STD B24)
Helmet with white crossU+26D1⛑Maintenance (from ARIB STD B24)
Circled crossing lanesU+26D2⛒Road closed (from ARIB STD B24)
ChainsU+26D3⛓Tyre chains required (from ARIB STD B24)
No entryU+26D4⛔From ARIB STD B24
Alternate one-way left way trafficU+26D5⛕From ARIB STD B24
Black two-way left way trafficU+26D6⛖From ARIB STD B24
White two-way left way trafficU+26D7⛗From ARIB STD B24
Black left lane mergeU+26D8⛘From ARIB STD B24
White left lane mergeU+26D9⛙From ARIB STD B24
Drive slow signU+26DA⛚From ARIB STD B24
Heavy white down-pointing triangleU+26DB⛛Drive slow (from ARIB STD B24)
Left closed entryU+26DC⛜From ARIB STD B24
Squared saltireU+26DD⛝Closed entry (from ARIB STD B24)
Falling diagonal in white circle in black squareU+26DE⛞Closed to large vehicles (from ARIB STD B24)
Black truckU+26DF⛟Closed to large vehicles, alternate (from ARIB STD B24)
Restricted left entry-1U+26E0⛠From ARIB STD B24
Restricted left entry-2U+26E1⛡From ARIB STD B24
Astronomical symbol for UranusU+26E2⛢New in Unicode 6.
Heavy circle with stroke and two dots aboveU+26E3⛣Public office (from ARIB STD B24)
PentagramU+26E4⛤New in Unicode 6
Right-handed interlaced pentagramU+26E5⛥New in Unicode 6
Left-handed interlaced pentagramU+26E6⛦New in Unicode 6
Inverted pentagramU+26E7⛧New in Unicode 6
Black cross on shieldU+26E8⛨Hospital (from ARIB STD B24)
Shinto shrineU+26E9⛩Torii (from ARIB STD B24)
ChurchU+26EA⛪From ARIB STD B24
CastleU+26EB⛫From ARIB STD B24
Historic siteU+26EC⛬From ARIB STD B24
Gear without hubU+26ED⛭Factory (from ARIB STD B24)
Gear with handlesU+26EE⛮Power plant, power substation (from ARIB STD B24)
Map symbol for lighthouseU+26EF⛯From ARIB STD B24
MountainU+26F0⛰From ARIB STD B24
Umbrella on groundU+26F1⛱Bathing beach (from ARIB STD B24)
FountainU+26F2⛲Park (from ARIB STD B24)
Flag in holeU+26F3⛳Golf course (from ARIB STD B24)
FerryU+26F4⛴Ferry boat terminal (from ARIB STD B24)
SailboatU+26F5⛵Marina or yacht harbour (from ARIB STD B24)
Square four cornersU+26F6⛶Intersection (from ARIB STD B24)
SkierU+26F7⛷Ski resort (from ARIB STD B24)
Ice skateU+26F8⛸Ice skating rink (from ARIB STD B24)
Person with ballU+26F9⛹Track and field, gymnasium (from ARIB STD B24)
TentU+26FA⛺Camping site (from ARIB STD B24)
Japanese bank symbolU+26FB⛻From ARIB STD B24
Headstone graveyard symbolU+26FC⛼Graveyard, memorial park, cemetery (from ARIB STD B24)
Fuel pumpU+26FD⛽Petrol station, gas station (from ARIB STD B24)
Cup on black squareU+26FE⛾Drive-in restaurant (from ARIB STD B24)
White flag with horizontal middle black stripeU+26FF⛿Japanese self-defense force site (from ARIB STD B24)

Compact table

Miscellaneous Symbols[1]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
 0123456789ABCDEF
U+260x
U+261x
U+262x
U+263x
U+264x
U+265x
U+266x
U+267x
U+268x
U+269x
U+26Ax
U+26Bx
U+26Cx
U+26Dx
U+26Ex
U+26Fx
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 13.0

Emoji

The Miscellaneous Symbols block contains 83 emoji: U+2600–U+2604, U+260E, U+2611, U+2614–U+2615, U+2618, U+261D, U+2620, U+2622–U+2623, U+2626, U+262A, U+262E–U+262F, U+2638–U+263A, U+2640, U+2642, U+2648–U+2653, U+265F–U+2660, U+2663, U+2665–U+2666, U+2668, U+267B, U+267E–U+267F, U+2692–U+2697, U+2699, U+269B–U+269C, U+26A0–U+26A1, U+26A7, U+26AA–U+26AB, U+26B0–U+26B1, U+26BD–U+26BE, U+26C4–U+26C5, U+26C8, U+26CE–U+26CF, U+26D1, U+26D3–U+26D4, U+26E9–U+26EA, U+26F0–U+26F5, U+26F7–U+26FA and U+26FD.[3][4]

The block has 164 standardized variants defined to specify emoji-style (U+FE0F VS16) or text presentation (U+FE0E VS15) for the following 82 base characters: U+2600–U+2604, U+260E, U+2611, U+2614–U+2615, U+2618, U+261D, U+2620, U+2622–U+2623, U+2626, U+262A, U+262E–U+262F, U+2638–U+263A, U+2640, U+2642, U+2648–U+2653, U+265F–U+2660, U+2663, U+2665–U+2666, U+2668, U+267B, U+267E–U+267F, U+2692–U+2697, U+2699, U+269B–U+269C, U+26A0–U+26A1, U+26A7, U+26AA–U+26AB, U+26B0–U+26B1, U+26BD–U+26BE, U+26C4–U+26C5, U+26C8, U+26CF, U+26D1, U+26D3–U+26D4, U+26E9–U+26EA, U+26F0–U+26F5, U+26F7–U+26FA and U+26FD.[5]

Emoji variation sequences
U+26002601260226032604260E2611261426152618261D2620
default presentationtexttexttexttexttexttexttextemojiemojitexttexttext
base code point
base+VS15 (text)☀︎☁︎☂︎☃︎☄︎☎︎☑︎☔︎☕︎☘︎☝︎☠︎
base+VS16 (emoji)☀️☁️☂️☃️☄️☎️☑️☔️☕️☘️☝️☠️
U+262226232626262A262E262F26382639263A264026422648
default presentationtexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttexttextemoji
base code point
base+VS15 (text)☢︎☣︎☦︎☪︎☮︎☯︎☸︎☹︎☺︎♀︎♂︎♈︎
base+VS16 (emoji)☢️☣️☦️☪️☮️☯️☸️☹️☺️♀️♂️♈️
U+2649264A264B264C264D264E264F2650265126522653265F
default presentationemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojiemojitext
base code point
base+VS15 (text)♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎♟︎
base+VS16 (emoji)♉️♊️♋️♌️♍️♎️♏️♐️♑️♒️♓️♟️
U+26602663266526662668267B267E267F2692269326942695
default presentationtexttexttexttexttexttexttextemojitextemojitexttext
base code point
base+VS15 (text)♠︎♣︎♥︎♦︎♨︎♻︎♾︎♿︎⚒︎⚓︎⚔︎⚕︎
base+VS16 (emoji)♠️♣️♥️♦️♨️♻️♾️♿️⚒️⚓️⚔️⚕️
U+269626972699269B269C26A026A126A726AA26AB26B026B1
default presentationtexttexttexttexttexttextemojitextemojiemojitexttext
base code point
base+VS15 (text)⚖︎⚗︎⚙︎⚛︎⚜︎⚠︎⚡︎⚧︎⚪︎⚫︎⚰︎⚱︎
base+VS16 (emoji)⚖️⚗️⚙️⚛️⚜️⚠️⚡️⚧️⚪️⚫️⚰️⚱️
U+26BD26BE26C426C526C826CF26D126D326D426E926EA26F0
default presentationemojiemojiemojiemojitexttexttexttextemojitextemojitext
base code point
base+VS15 (text)⚽︎⚾︎⛄︎⛅︎⛈︎⛏︎⛑︎⛓︎⛔︎⛩︎⛪︎⛰︎
base+VS16 (emoji)⚽️⚾️⛄️⛅️⛈️⛏️⛑️⛓️⛔️⛩️⛪️⛰️
U+26F126F226F326F426F526F726F826F926FA26FD
default presentationtextemojiemojitextemojitexttexttextemojiemoji
base code point
base+VS15 (text)⛱︎⛲︎⛳︎⛴︎⛵︎⛷︎⛸︎⛹︎⛺︎⛽︎
base+VS16 (emoji)⛱️⛲️⛳️⛴️⛵️⛷️⛸️⛹️⛺️⛽️

Emoji modifiers

The Miscellaneous Symbols block has two emoji that represent people or body parts. They can be modified using U+1F3FB–U+1F3FF to provide for a range of human skin color using the Fitzpatrick scale:[4]

Human emoji
U+261D26F9
emoji☝️
FITZ-1-2☝️🏻⛹🏻
FITZ-3☝️🏼⛹🏼
FITZ-4☝️🏽⛹🏽
FITZ-5☝️🏾⛹🏾
FITZ-6☝️🏿⛹🏿

Additional human emoji can be found in other Unicode blocks: Dingbats, Emoticons, Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs, Supplemental Symbols and Pictographs and Transport and Map Symbols.

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Miscellaneous Symbols block:

gollark: I wonder what the people who write the curricula actually think the benefit of this is.
gollark: English Literature only went as far as making us write essays on them.
gollark: Wow, that sounds pretty stupid.
gollark: In my English lessons we never had to actually *memorize* poems, fortunately.
gollark: A what?

See also

  • Unicode Symbols
  • Apple Symbols – typeface that supports this character set.
  • Astronomical symbols
  • Cultural, political, and religious symbols in Unicode
  • Wingdings
  • Semi graphical characters

References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  3. "UTR #51: Unicode Emoji". Unicode Consortium. 2020-02-11.
  4. "UCD: Emoji Data for UTR #51". Unicode Consortium. 2020-01-28.
  5. "UTS #51 Emoji Variation Sequences". The Unicode Consortium.
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