U+1F7AB "🞫" Bold Saltire Unicode Character

U+1F7AB "🞫" Bold Saltire is a geometric symbol representing an X shaped cross, known as a saltire, rendered in a thick or bold weight. It belongs to the Geometric Shapes Extended Unicode block and is often used in digital design, typography, or as a decorative element in text to indicate a diagonal cross, division, or negation. While it resembles the letter X or the St. Andrew's cross, this character is distinct because of its uniform, bold stroke width, making it suitable for diagrams, signage, or stylistic bullet alternatives.

General Properties

Code Point	U+1F7AB
Version Added	7.0
Name	Bold Saltire
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 0xAB
UTF-16 Encoding	0xD83D 0xDFAB
UTF-32 Encoding	0x0001F7AB
C/C++/Java Escape	\ud83d\udfab

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