U+26B6 "⚶" Vesta Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⚶
U+26B6 "⚶" Vesta is a symbol representing the asteroid and Roman goddess Vesta, included in the Miscellaneous Symbols block for use in astronomical and astrological contexts. It depicts a stylized altar with a flame, referencing Vesta’s role as the goddess of the hearth and home, with the symbol often employed to denote the asteroid Vesta in star charts and celestial diagrams.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26B6 |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Vesta |
| 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 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26B6 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026B6 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26b6 |
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 |