You can find out the name Unicode assigns to a character by hovering mouse over the character. In giving a name to these symbols on this page for purposes of sex and sexual preference and relations, I try to give all possible uses. Unicode typically don't do that, except for arrows. I'm not sure why there are 3 versions of the same sign that only differ in orientation. ⚩ is named HORIZONTAL MALE WITH STROKE SIGN.⚨ is named VERTICAL MALE WITH STROKE SIGN.Not threesome, not transgender, not pansexual. ⚧ is named MALE WITH STROKE AND MALE AND FEMALE SIGN. ⚥ is MALE AND FEMALE SIGN (not intercourse, not transgender, not bisexual, not heterosexual), and When a symbol has multiple uses, and none is outstanding, typically Unicode name the character descriptively, by the shape of the character, or generally without particular meaning.įor example, the name Unicode assigns to the symbol ♀ is named FEMALE SIGN, but was used in early astronomy for Venus (and ♂ is Mars. ⊕ was used for Earth in early astronomy, but is named CIRCLED PLUS, since it is used heavily in math. Some font may render it as circle with plus inside.) Heart Symbol - copy love emoji Copy paste, or type heart text symbols. Complete table with all Alt codes and characters that they produce. Numbers you can type on your keyboard's Num Pad to get special symbols. (it should be rendered as up-side-down female sign ♀. Alt codes list keyboard symbols Full list of Alt codes. ♁ is named EARTH, used in early astronomy. As of 2023-02, there is no separate symbol for math pi. Π is named GREEK SMALL LETTER PI, but is often used as math constant for the ratio of circle's circumference to diameter. More examples of Unicode character naming issue:īut this Greek letter is commonly used to mean “micro” in engineering, and Unicode created another character for micro, this: µ named MICRO SIGN. (Unicode 2 changed many character's names, but from version 2 on forward, names are frozen, because Unicode character names are also used for identifier purpose.) It is more commonly known today as the symbol of Apple keyboard's command key since 1990s. The original use of this symbol is place of interest on maps in Finland, but not widely known. Typically, when a symbol has one universal meaning, Unicode names it by the character's meaning.įor example, α is named GREEK SMALL LETTER ALPHA.įor example, ⌘ was named COMMAND KEY in Unicode version 1 (released in 1991).īut since Unicode version 2 (released in 1996), it's changed to PLACE OF INTEREST SIGN.
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