U+26A3 "⚣" Doubled Male Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⚣
U+26A3 "⚣" Doubled Male Sign is a typographic symbol consisting of two interlocked male gender symbols (♂), and it is widely used to represent gay men or male homosexuality within the context of LGBTQ+ iconography and signage. This character serves as a counterpart to the doubled female sign (⚢) and is often employed in flags, stickers, and digital communications to signify male same-sex relationships or male homosexual identity. It was added to the Unicode Standard in 1993 as part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block, providing a standardized digital representation for this culturally significant symbol.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26A3 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Doubled Male Sign |
| 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 0xA3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26A3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026A3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26a3 |
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 |