U+2BDC "⯜" Nessus Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⯜
U+2BDC "⯜" Nessus is a symbol representing the centaur Nessus from Greek mythology, who was famously slain by Heracles with a poisoned arrow and later played a role in the hero's own demise. It is classified within the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block and is sometimes used in astronomical or astrological contexts to denote the centaur asteroid 7066 Nessus, a minor planet located in the outer solar system beyond Neptune. The character was added to the Unicode Standard to provide a dedicated glyph for this specific mythological and astronomical reference.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+2BDC |
| Version Added | 11.0 |
| Name | Nessus |
| 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 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x2BDC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00002BDC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u2bdc |
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 |