Unicode Character "♂" U+2642 Male Sign

Unicode Version 15.1

Summary

The unicode character "♂" at code point U+2642 is Male Sign. It is a character in the Miscellaneous Symbols block and is part of the Common script. The character is an other symbol. The UTF-8 encoding of "♂" is 0xE2 0x99 0x82 and the UTF-16 encoding is 0x2642.

General Properties

Code Point U+2642
Version Added 1.1
Name Male Sign
Block Miscellaneous Symbols
General Category Other Symbol
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Other Neutral

Encodings

HTML Entity ♂
HTML Decimal Encoding ♂
HTML Hex Encoding ♂
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE2 0x99 0x82
UTF-16 Encoding 0x2642
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00002642
C/C++/Java Escape \u2642

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ambiguous (Alphabetic or Ideographic)
East Asian Width Ambiguous
Script Common
Script Extensions Common
Indic Syllabic Category Other
Pattern Syntax Yes
Math Yes
Other Math Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break Other
Emoji Yes
Extended Pictographic Yes