U+2BDA "⯚" Hygiea Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⯚
U+2BDA "⯚" Hygiea is a symbol representing the asteroid 10 Hygiea, which is the fourth largest asteroid in the main asteroid belt and is classified as a dwarf planet candidate. This glyph is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block and is used in astronomical contexts to denote the celestial body, which is named after the Greek goddess of health and hygiene. Its design typically features a stylized serpent coiled around a staff, echoing the Rod of Asclepius, to reflect Hygiea's mythological association with cleanliness and well-being.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2BDA |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Hygiea |
| 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 0x9A |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2BDA |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002BDA |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2bda |
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 |