U+26AF "⚯" Unmarried Partnership Symbol Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⚯
U+26AF "⚯" Unmarried Partnership Symbol is a typographic representation of two overlapping gender signs, typically a male and a female symbol, joined by a horizontal line or placed within a shared circle, denoting a domestic or romantic union that is recognized in some legal or social contexts but is not formalized as a legal marriage. It is used to signify an unmarried partnership, such as a civil union, cohabitation agreement, or registered partnership, offering a visual shorthand for relationships that exist outside of traditional matrimony while still implying a committed, recognized bond between two individuals.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26AF |
| Version Added | 4.1 |
| Name | Unmarried Partnership Symbol |
| 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 0xAF |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26AF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026AF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26af |
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 |