U+2761 "❡" Curved Stem Paragraph Sign Ornament Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
❡
U+2761 "❡" Curved Stem Paragraph Sign Ornament is a decorative typographic symbol resembling a stylized, curved stem with a small leaf-like flourish, historically used in medieval manuscripts and early printed books to mark the start of a new paragraph or section. It belongs to the Dingbats block and serves as an ornamental alternative to the more common pilcrow (¶), adding an elegant, vintage flair to modern digital text when employed in headings, drop caps, or as a decorative divider. While not as widely used today, it remains a useful character for designers, typographers, and writers seeking to evoke a classical or whimsical aesthetic in their documents or web content.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2761 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | Curved Stem Paragraph Sign Ornament |
| 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 0x9D 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2761 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002761 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2761 |
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 |