U+26CF "⛏" Pick Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⛏
U+26CF "⛏" Pick is a pictographic symbol representing a mining pick or a pickaxe, typically depicted as a wooden handle with a curved, pointed metal head. It is officially classified under the “Miscellaneous Symbols” block and was added to the Unicode Standard in version 5.2, released in 2009. This character is commonly used in digital contexts to denote mining, excavation, construction, or hard labor, and it also appears in mapping systems and emoji sets to indicate a specific point of interest or activity.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26CF |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Pick |
| 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 0x9B 0x8F |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26CF |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026CF |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26cf |