U+1F548 "🕈" Celtic Cross Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🕈
U+1F548 "🕈" Celtic Cross is a symbol depicting a cross with a circle or nimbus surrounding the intersection, a design deeply associated with Celtic Christianity and Irish cultural heritage. This character belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs block and is classified as a religious icon, often used to represent the fusion of the Christian cross with a sun or ring motif from pre Christian pagan traditions. While its exact digital representation can vary by platform and font, it carries significant historical and spiritual meaning, evoking ideas of faith, eternity, and the blending of ancient and medieval influences.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F548 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Celtic Cross |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Pictographs |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 🕈 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 🕈 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x9F 0x95 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83D 0xDD48 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F548 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83d\udd48 |
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 | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |