U+1F7A2 "🞢" Light Greek Cross Unicode Character

U+1F7A2 "🞢" Light Greek Cross is a geometric symbol in the Dingbats block, specifically representing a simple, unadorned cross with arms of equal length, often referred to as a Greek cross. Its design features thin, lightweight strokes which distinguish it from bolder or more ornate cross variants. This character is typically used in plain text contexts where a minimalist or orthogonal cross shape is needed, such as in mapping, notation, or decorative layouts, and it carries no inherent religious or political connotations, functioning purely as a graphic glyph in digital typography.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F7A2
Version Added	7.0
Name	Light Greek Cross
Block	Geometric Shapes Extended
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 0x9E 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDFA2
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F7A2
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udfa2

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