U+269C "⚜" Fleur-De-Lis Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⚜
U+269C "⚜" Fleur-De-Lis is a stylized lily flower that has been a prominent emblem in European heraldry, particularly associated with French royalty and the monarchy, symbolizing purity, light, and perfection. Its origins date back to ancient civilizations, where it appeared in art and architecture, but it gained widespread recognition as a royal badge of the French kings from the Middle Ages onward. Beyond heraldry, the Fleur-De-Lis is also used in modern contexts by the Boy Scouts of America as a symbol of the organization, and it appears in various architectural designs, flags, and logos, representing a blend of historical prestige and decorative elegance.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+269C |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Fleur-De-Lis |
| 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 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x269C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000269C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u269c |