⌖
Technical information
| Symbol | ⌖ | |
| Name | Position indicator | |
| Unicode number | U+2316 | |
| Category | Miscellaneous Symbols | |
| Description | The Unicode character ⌖, or U+2316, is known as the "Position Indicator". It is part of the "Miscellaneous Technical" block, which contains a variety of technical symbols. This character falls under the "Symbol, Other" category. Visually, it appears as a crosshair or a cross within a circle, often used to denote a location or target in graphical user interfaces, maps, diagrams, and other visual representations. The Position Indicator is commonly used in design, mapping, navigation, and other technical and non-technical fields to highlight or pinpoint a specific position or area. It can symbolize a point of interest, a location marker, a focal point, or a target in various contexts. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ⌖ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ⌖ | |
| HTML Entity (named) | ⌖ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%8C%96 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x8C 0x96 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10001100:10010110 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x2316 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002316 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u2316" | |
| CSS Code | \2316 | |
| JavaScript | "\u2316" | |
| Perl | \x{2316} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u2316" | |
| Python 3 | \u2316 | |
| Ruby | \u{2316} |
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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100
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200
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300
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400
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500
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900
HTML Forms and Input
input
disabled input
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select
button
button
Code examples in HTML and CSS
<span>⌖</span>
span {
content: "\2316";
}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