U+2703 "✃" Lower Blade Scissors Unicode Character

U+2703 "✃" Lower Blade Scissors is a pictographic symbol representing an open pair of scissors with the blades pointing downward, often used in typography and digital interfaces to denote cutting, trimming, or the act of cutting along a line. It belongs to the Dingbats block, which contains various ornamental and utility symbols, and its design is typically distinct from U+2702 "✂" (Black Scissors), as the lower blade version emphasizes the open, downward orientation of the tool. This character finds occasional use in documents, spreadsheets, or graphical menus where a visual cue for a cut operation is needed, though it is less common than its closed or more generic scissor counterparts due to limited font support and specialized application.

General Properties

Code Point	U+2703
Version Added	1.1
Name	Lower Blade 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 0x83
UTF-16 Encoding	0x2703
UTF-32 Encoding	0x00002703
C/C++/Java Escape	\u2703

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	Ideographic
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