U+263F "☿" Mercury Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
☿
U+263F "☿" Mercury is a symbolic representation of the planet Mercury, originally derived from the caduceus, the staff carried by the Roman messenger god Mercury. In classical alchemy, this character also stands for the element mercury, also known as quicksilver, representing the principle of fluidity and transformation. It is widely used in astronomy to denote the planet, in astrology as the symbol for the ruling planet of Gemini and Virgo, and in other fields such as chemistry and botany for related concepts. The glyph combines a circle, a cross, and upward-facing horns, creating a distinct and historically rich icon.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+263F |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Mercury |
| 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 0xBF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x263F |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000263F |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u263f |
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 |