Technical information

Symbol
NameLatin cross
Unicode numberU+271D
CategoryCrosses
DescriptionThe Unicode character ✝, or U+271D, is known as the "Latin Cross". It belongs to the "Dingbats" block and falls under the "Symbol, Other" category in the Unicode standard. The Latin Cross is a symbol used predominantly in Christianity to represent the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. In the world of digital communications, it can also be used more generally to represent religious faith or spirituality. The specific appearance and usage of this character can depend on the system and application it's being used in.

Encoding

HTML Entity✝
HTML Entity (hex)✝
URL Escape Code%E2%9C%9D
UTF-8 (hex)0xE2 0x9C 0x9D
UTF-8 (binary)11100010:10011100:10011101
UTF-160x271D
UTF-320x0000271D

Source Code

C, C++, and Java"\u271D"
CSS Code\271D
JavaScript"\u271D"
Perl\x{271D}
Python 2u"\u271D"
Python 3\u271D
Ruby\u{271D}

Preview

This Unicode character looks like this ✝ in sentence and in bold like this and in italic like this .

Font size:

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72px

CSS Property: font-weight

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HTML Forms and Input

input
disabled input
input-group
select
button
button

Code examples in HTML and CSS

<span>&#10013;</span>

            
span {
    content: "\271D";
}

The symbol in different fonts

-apple-system
Apple Color Emoji
Arial
BlinkMacSystemFont
Courier New
Georgia
Droid Sans
Helvetica
Noto Sans
Oxygen
Roboto
"Segoe UI"
sans-serif
Segoe UI Emoji
Segoe UI Symbol
system-ui
Times New Roman
Ubuntu
Verdana

References