U+262D "☭" Hammer and Sickle Unicode Character

U+262D "☭" Hammer and Sickle is a symbol representing communism, socialism, and the labor movement, originally popularized as the emblem of the Soviet Union. It features a crossed hammer, symbolizing industrial workers, and a sickle, representing agricultural laborers, set against a circular background. In digital communication, it is encoded as a single character in the Miscellaneous Symbols block of Unicode, though its use can be controversial or restricted in some countries due to its association with totalitarian regimes. The character is sometimes employed in historical, political, or ironic contexts online.