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Technical information
| Symbol | ☦ | |
| Name | Orthodox cross | |
| Unicode number | U+2626 | |
| Category | Orthodox symbols | |
| Description | The Unicode character ☦, or U+2626, is known as the "Orthodox Cross". 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 the Orthodox Cross, which is a variant of the Christian cross known for its additional, shorter crossbeam above the main one, and a slanted crossbeam at the base. It is commonly used in digital communications to represent Eastern Orthodox Christianity or to symbolize Slavic cultural and historical heritage. 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%A6 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x98 0xA6 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10011000:10100110 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x2626 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002626 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u2626" | |
| CSS Code | \2626 | |
| JavaScript | "\u2626" | |
| Perl | \x{2626} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u2626" | |
| Python 3 | \u2626 | |
| Ruby | \u{2626} |
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: "\2626";
}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