☠
Technical information
| Symbol | ☠ | |
| Name | Skull and crossbones | |
| Unicode number | U+2620 | |
| Category | Warning signs | |
| Description | The Unicode character ☠, or U+2620, is known as the "Skull and Crossbones". It is part of the "Miscellaneous Symbols" block and is categorized under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. This character is a pictographic representation of a human skull above two long bones crossed together. It's a universally recognized symbol that often warns of danger or represents death, risk, or poison. Its usage may vary in different contexts, but the traditional connotations include hazard warnings on toxic substances and pirate flags. Please note that the visual representation of this symbol can vary across different fonts and systems. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ☠ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ☠ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%98%A0 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x98 0xA0 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10011000:10100000 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x2620 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002620 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u2620" | |
| CSS Code | \2620 | |
| JavaScript | "\u2620" | |
| Perl | \x{2620} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u2620" | |
| Python 3 | \u2620 | |
| Ruby | \u{2620} |
Preview
This Unicode character looks like this ☠ in sentence and in bold like this ☠ and in italic like this ☠.
input-group
Font size:
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12px
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16px
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20px
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28px
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36px
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48px
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72px
CSS Property: font-weight
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HTML Forms and Input
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disabled input
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select
button
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Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>☠</span>
span {
content: "\2620";
}The symbol in different fonts
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-apple-system
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Apple Color Emoji
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Arial
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BlinkMacSystemFont
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Courier New
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Georgia
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Droid Sans
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Helvetica
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Noto Sans
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Oxygen
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Roboto
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"Segoe UI"
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sans-serif
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Segoe UI Emoji
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Segoe UI Symbol
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system-ui
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Times New Roman
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Ubuntu
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Verdana