U+2624 "☤" Caduceus Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
☤
U+2624 "☤" Caduceus is a symbol depicting a staff entwined by two serpents, often topped with a pair of wings, and is historically associated with the Greek god Hermes, serving as a emblem of heralds, commerce, and negotiation. While it is frequently mistaken for the Rod of Asclepius, a single-serpent staff representing medicine, the caduceus has become widely adopted as a medical symbol in the United States, appearing on the insignia of organizations like the U.S. Army Medical Corps, though this use is considered an error by many classical scholars and medical historians.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2624 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Caduceus |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ☤ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ☤ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x98 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2624 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002624 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2624 |
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 |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |