U+268A "⚊" Monogram for Yang Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⚊
U+268A "⚊" Monogram for Yang is a symbol from the Tai Xuan Jing, a classical Chinese text that expands on the philosophical concepts of the I Ching. This specific character represents the principle of Yang, which embodies light, activity, and masculine energy, and it is visually composed as a single unbroken horizontal line. In the context of its use, the monogram serves as a foundational element in a system of three line tetragrams, where it contrasts with the broken line monogram for Yin to illustrate the dynamic balance of opposites.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+268A |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Monogram for Yang |
| 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 0x9A 0x8A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x268A |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000268A |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u268a |