U+2BC9 "⯉" Neptune Form Two Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⯉
U+2BC9 "⯉" Neptune Form Two is an astronomical symbol representing the planet Neptune, specifically an alternate glyph distinct from the more common trident-based symbol (♆). This particular form features a stylized "N" followed by a superscript or attached number 2, and it was historically used in some 20th century ephemerides and astrological contexts to denote the planet before the standardized trident symbol became widely adopted. Its inclusion in Unicode allows for digital representation of historical astronomical texts and documents where this alternate Neptune symbol was employed.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2BC9 |
| Version Added | 12.0 |
| Name | Neptune Form Two |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⯉ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⯉ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0xAF 0x89 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2BC9 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002BC9 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2bc9 |
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 |