U+1F9B8 "🦸" Superhero Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
🦸
U+1F9B8 "🦸" Superhero is a pictographic symbol representing a caped and masked figure with a strong, heroic pose, typically used to convey themes of courage, justice, superhuman abilities, or personal triumph in digital communication. Introduced in Unicode 11.0 as part of the Emoji 11.0 set in 2018, it can also appear in gendered variations, such as the female superhero emoji (U+1F9B8 U+200D U+2640), to allow for more inclusive representation. Its widespread use in text messages, social media, and pop culture references underscores its role as a modern icon for both fictional champions and everyday acts of bravery.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1F9B8 |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Superhero |
| Block | Supplemental 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 0xA6 0xB8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD83E 0xDDB8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001F9B8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud83e\uddb8 |