Technical information

Symbol
NameComet
Unicode numberU+2604
CategoryAstrological symbols
DescriptionThe Unicode character ☄, or U+2604, is known as the "Comet". It belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a graphic representation of a comet, typically depicted as a small head with a long tail. It can be used in digital communications to represent a comet, a meteor, or to metaphorically symbolize speed or a quick event. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity☄
HTML Entity (hex)☄
URL Escape Code%E2%98%84
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x98 0x84
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011000:10000100
UTF-160x2604
UTF-320x00002604

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u2604"
CSS Code\2604
JavaScript"\u2604"
Perl\x{2604}
Python 2u"\u2604"
Python 3\u2604
Ruby\u{2604}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ☄ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

12px
16px
20px
28px
36px
48px
72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#9732;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\2604";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References