U+26B3 "⚳" Ceres Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⚳
U+26B3 "⚳" Ceres is a symbol used in astronomy and astrology to represent the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. First discovered in 1801 and later reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, Ceres is named after the Roman goddess of agriculture and harvest. The glyph itself is designed to resemble a stylized letter C, representing the planet's initial letter, with a cross or small line beneath it, echoing the classic symbols for other celestial bodies in a way that conveys its status within our solar system.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26B3 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Ceres |
| 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 0xB3 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26B3 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026B3 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26b3 |
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 |