U+26EA "⛪" Church Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⛪
U+26EA "⛪" Church is a pictographic symbol representing a building with a cross or steeple, typically used to denote a church, chapel, or place of Christian worship in digital communications and maps. Originally added to the Unicode standard in version 5.2 as part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block, it is commonly employed in texting, social media, and location markers to signify religious sites or evoke concepts of spirituality, community, or solemnity. Its design, while varying slightly across platforms, consistently features a simple structure with a pointed roof and cross, making it instantly recognizable across cultures and devices.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+26EA |
| Version Added | 5.2 |
| Name | Church |
| 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 0xAA |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x26EA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000026EA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u26ea |