This code point first appeared in version 1.1 of the Unicode® Standard and belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block which goes from 0x2600 to 0x26FF.
You can safely add this character in your html code with the entity: ♂
You can use the u+2642 copy pc button below.
Easy u+2642 copy paste:
Unicode meta-data
The following table show specific meta-data that is known about this character.The u+2642 name is male sign emoji.
| field | value |
|---|---|
| Codepoint (hex) | 2642, u2642 |
| Character age | Unicode 1.1 |
| Legacy name (Unicode 1.0) | - |
| Official name (Unicode 15.0) | MALE SIGN |
| resolved name | male sign |
| block | Miscellaneous Symbols (Misc_Symbols) |
| common typos | u+6242, u+4262 |
There are alternative spelling that can be found in the wild for the unicode character 2642 like u 2642, (u+2642) or u +2642. You can also find u-2642, u*2642, un+2642, u2642, u=2642 or c+2642. You can also spell it with u 2642 unicode, u plus 2642, uncode 2642 or unicode + 2642.
Its bidirectional class is "ON":Other Neutrals (All other characters, including OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER)
Glyphs and symbols in your browser
The following unicode chart presents different versions of the glyph corresponding to the unicode characters u+2642 that are available on your computer.
In order to type this character easily, you may want to download and install a unicode Miscellaneous Symbols keyboard.
A sample of fonts are used below to display whether the character has a glyph in this font or not.
Encodings (Unicode characters converter)
The following character table converter for +u2642 allows you to see the value of the character in different encodings
| encoding | hexadecimal | decimal | binary |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTF-8 | E2 99 82 | 14850434 | 11100010 10011001 10000010 |
| UCS2 | 42 26 | 16934 | 01000010 00100110 |
| UTF-16LE | 42 26 | 16934 | 01000010 00100110 |
| UTF-16BE | 26 42 | 9794 | 00100110 01000010 |
| UTF7 | 2B 4A 6B 49 2D | 185932138797 | 00101011 01001010 01101011 01001001 00101101 |
| UTF7-IMAP | 26 4A 6B 49 2D | 164457302317 | 00100110 01001010 01101011 01001001 00101101 |