U+26E9 "⛩" Shinto Shrine Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⛩
U+26E9 "⛩" Shinto Shrine is a pictographic symbol representing a sacred shrine entrance gate, known as a torii, which marks the transition from the mundane to the holy in Shinto tradition. This glyph is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block and is commonly used in digital contexts to denote Japanese cultural sites, religious locations, or spiritual themes. The torii itself is traditionally painted vermilion red and black, often found at the entrance of Shinto shrines throughout Japan, serving as a symbolic threshold that separates the physical world from the realm of the kami, or divine spirits.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26E9 |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Shinto Shrine |
| 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 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26E9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026E9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26e9 |