U+26E2 "⛢" Astronomical Symbol for Uranus Unicode Character

U+26E2 "⛢" Astronomical Symbol for Uranus is a distinctive glyph used in astronomy to represent the planet Uranus, combining elements from alchemy and astrology. It features a circle with a dot at its center, symbolizing the sun, surmounted by a vertical line with a small horizontal crossbar at the top, which is derived from the alchemical symbol for platinum. This design was chosen to honor the discovery of Uranus by William Herschel in 1781, linking the planet to both the sun’s foundational role in the solar system and the rare, celestial nature of the element platinum. The symbol is included in the Miscellaneous Symbols block of Unicode and serves as a standardized representation for Uranus in scientific texts, star charts, and astronomical notations.

General Properties

Code Point	U+26E2
Version Added	6.0
Name	Astronomical Symbol for Uranus
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 0xA2
UTF-16 Encoding	0x26E2
UTF-32 Encoding	0x000026E2
C/C++/Java Escape	\u26e2

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