✠
Technical information
| Symbol | ✠ | |
| Name | Maltese cross | |
| Unicode number | U+2720 | |
| Category | Crosses | |
| Description | The Unicode character ✠, or U+2720, is known as the "Maltese Cross". It is part of the "Dingbats" block and falls under the "Symbol" category in the Unicode standard. The Maltese Cross is a symbol that consists of four V-shaped elements, each joining the others at its vertex, leaving the other two tips spread symmetrically. Its design is based on crosses used since the First Crusade. It is associated with the Knights Hospitaller (Order of St. John) and is a symbol of order and courage. Today, the Maltese Cross is commonly used in firefighter badges, representing loyalty and bravery. |
Encoding
| HTML Entity | ✠ | |
| HTML Entity (hex) | ✠ | |
| HTML Entity (named) | ✠ | |
| URL Escape Code | %E2%9C%A0 | |
| UTF-8 (hex) | 0xE2 0x9C 0xA0 | |
| UTF-8 (binary) | 11100010:10011100:10100000 | |
| UTF-16 | 0x2720 | |
| UTF-32 | 0x00002720 |
Source Code
| C, C++, and Java | "\u2720" | |
| CSS Code | \2720 | |
| JavaScript | "\u2720" | |
| Perl | \x{2720} | |
| Python 2 | u"\u2720" | |
| Python 3 | \u2720 | |
| Ruby | \u{2720} |
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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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: "\2720";
}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