U+2BDB "⯛" Pholus Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⯛
U+2BDB "⯛" Pholus is a typographic symbol representing the centaur and minor planet 5145 Pholus in astronomical and astrological contexts. It was added to the Unicode Standard as part of the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, designed for use in charts, diagrams, and esoteric texts to denote this celestial body discovered in 1992. The glyph typically depicts a stylized centaur figure, echoing the mythological centaur Pholus, and serves as a distinct identifier separate from other centaur symbols like Chiron, aiding researchers and enthusiasts in precise celestial notation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2BDB |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Pholus |
| 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 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2BDB |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002BDB |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2bdb |
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 |