U+2630 "☰" Trigram for Heaven Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
☰
U+2630 "☰" Trigram for Heaven is a symbol composed of three unbroken horizontal lines, known in the Chinese divination system of the I Ching as Qian. Representing the creative, expansive, and energetic principle of heaven, it is associated with strength, initiative, and the primal force of yang. This trigram is one of eight fundamental patterns that form the basis of the I Ching's 64 hexagrams, where it signifies clarity, power, and the beginning of all things. In digital text, it is often used decoratively or in reference to Chinese philosophy and cosmology.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2630 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Trigram for Heaven |
| 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 0xB0 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2630 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002630 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2630 |