U+2671 "♱" East Syriac Cross Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+2671 "♱" East Syriac Cross is a symbolic glyph representing the cross used in the East Syriac Christian tradition, particularly associated with the Assyrian Church of the East and the Chaldean Catholic Church. Its design features a distinctive shape with a double horizontal bar, where the lower bar is tilted downward, symbolizing the footrest of Christ's cross and often interpreted as a sign of suffering or the earth. This cross is deeply rooted in Syriac liturgical and cultural heritage, often used in manuscripts, religious art, and inscriptions to denote faith and identity within Eastern Christianity, distinct from the more common Latin or Orthodox crosses.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2671 |
| Version Added | 3.0 |
| Name | East Syriac Cross |
| 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 0xB1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2671 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002671 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2671 |
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 |