U+26A8 "⚨" Vertical Male with Stroke Sign Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⚨
U+26A8 "⚨" Vertical Male with Stroke Sign is a symbolic glyph classified under the Miscellaneous Symbols block, intended to represent a stylized male gender symbol with a vertical line and a stroke, often used in esoteric, astrological, or metadata contexts rather than standard everyday communication. Its design combines the traditional Mars or male symbol (a circle with an arrow) with an additional vertical stroke, potentially indicating a modified or variant meaning in specialized systems like alchemical notation or gender-inclusive typography. Despite its inclusion in Unicode, the character has limited practical usage on modern digital platforms and is not commonly supported across all fonts or operating systems.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26A8 |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Vertical Male with Stroke 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 0xA8 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26A8 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026A8 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26a8 |
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 |