U+2629 "☩" Cross of Jerusalem Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
☩
U+2629 "☩" Cross of Jerusalem is a stylized symbol consisting of a large central cross with four smaller crosses in each of its quadrants, representing the five wounds of Christ and historically associated with the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Crusades. It is used in heraldry, religious contexts, and by certain Christian groups, particularly in the Eastern Catholic and Orthodox traditions, as a variation of the Jerusalem cross. This character is distinct from the more common cross symbols like the Latin cross (U+271D) and is encoded in the Miscellaneous Symbols block for use in digital text.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2629 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Cross of Jerusalem |
| 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 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2629 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002629 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2629 |
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 |