U+2702 "✂" Black Scissors Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
✂
U+2702 "✂" Black Scissors is a typographic symbol representing a pair of open scissors with black blades, typically used to indicate a cutting action, a separation point, or a shearing line in documents. Originating from the Dingbats block in the Unicode standard, it is often employed in user interfaces for cut commands, in instructional materials to mark where to cut along a dotted line, or as a decorative icon in digital and print media. Its design can vary slightly across different fonts, but it consistently retains the recognizable scissor shape, making it a versatile and universally understood symbol for cutting or trimming.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2702 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Black Scissors |
| Block | Dingbats |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ✂ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ✂ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9C 0x82 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2702 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002702 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2702 |