U+2641 "♁" Earth Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
♁
U+2641 "♁" Earth is a typographic symbol representing the planet Earth, often used in astronomy and astrology to denote the terrestrial world. It depicts a cross above a circle, which is a variation of the classical globus cruciger symbol, where the cross represents the cardinal directions or Christian heritage, though in modern contexts it is primarily a scientific and cryptographic standard for indicating Earth. This character is distinct from the more common U+1F728 "🜨" Earth symbol, which typically features a circle with a central cross, whereas U+2641 has the cross positioned above the circle.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2641 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Earth |
| 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 0x99 0x81 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2641 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002641 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2641 |
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 |