U+26A9 "⚩" Horizontal Male with Stroke Sign Unicode Character

U+26A9 "⚩" Horizontal Male with Stroke Sign is a specialized symbol that combines a simplified human male glyph, typically a circle atop a cross, with a horizontal stroke or bar crossing its vertical shaft, though its specific meaning is not broadly standardized in common text. It belongs to the Miscellaneous Symbols block and is sometimes used in astrological, alchemical, or gender-related contexts to denote a specific variation of the male sign, such as indicating a genetic or biological distinction, or appearing in historic or coded scripts. Due to its rare usage in modern digital communication, it is not found on standard keyboards and requires Unicode input methods to be displayed, making it a niche character with limited but purposeful applications in technical or symbolic notation.

General Properties

Code Point	U+26A9
Version Added	4.1
Name	Horizontal 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 0xA9
UTF-16 Encoding	0x26A9
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000026A9
C/C++/Java Escape	\u26a9

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