U+26A4 "⚤" Interlocked Female and Male Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⚤
U+26A4 "⚤" Interlocked Female and Male Sign is a typographic symbol that represents the combination or union of the female (♀) and male (♂) symbols, often used to denote androgyny, hermaphroditism, or a state of being both male and female. It is also employed in some contexts to signify marriage, sexual union, or the merging of genders. The character falls under the Miscellaneous Symbols block and is distinct from the similar but separate "Combining Ring Overlay" or other gender-related signs, serving as a visual representation of duality or integration.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26A4 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Interlocked Female and 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 0xA4 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26A4 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026A4 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26a4 |
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 |