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Technical information
| Symbol | ☛ | |
| Name | Black right pointing index | |
| Unicode number | U+261B | |
| Category | Hand gesturesPointing hand symbols | |
| Description | The Unicode character ☛, or U+261B, is known as the "Black Right Pointing Index". It belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block and falls under the "Other Symbol" category in the Unicode standard. The symbol resembles a stylized human hand with the index finger extended, pointing to the right. This kind of symbol is typically used to indicate direction, highlight important text, or function as a bullet point. In some digital and printed documents, it may serve as an attention-grabbing element to guide the reader's focus to a specific area. The use of this character can greatly vary depending on the specific context and the creative intent of the user. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ☛ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ☛ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%98%9B | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x98 0x9B | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10011000:10011011 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x261B | |
| UTF-32 | 0x0000261B |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u261B" | |
| CSS Code | \261B | |
| JavaScript | "\u261B" | |
| Perl | \x{261B} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u261B" | |
| Python 3 | \u261B | |
| Ruby | \u{261B} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ☛ in sentence and in bold like this ☛ and in italic like this ☛.
input-group
Font size:
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12px
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16px
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20px
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28px
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36px
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48px
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72px
CSS Property: font-weight
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HTML Forms and Input
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disabled input
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select
button
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Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>☛</span>
span {
content: "\261B";
}The symbol in different fonts
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-apple-system
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Apple Color Emoji
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Arial
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BlinkMacSystemFont
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Courier New
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Georgia
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Droid Sans
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Helvetica
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Noto Sans
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Oxygen
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Roboto
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"Segoe UI"
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sans-serif
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Segoe UI Emoji
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Segoe UI Symbol
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system-ui
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Times New Roman
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Ubuntu
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Verdana