Cultural, political, and religious symbols in Unicode

Cultural, political, and religious symbols in Unicode

Unicode contains many characters that represent various cultural, political, and religious symbols. Many but not all of these are in the Miscellaneous Symbols block.

Unicode Miscellaneous Symbols
Official Name Glyph Unicode # HTML Related meaning
Svasti sign, right-facing \u0FD5 ࿕ Buddhism, Swastika
Svasti sign, left-facing \u0FD6 ࿖ Bön
Svasti sign, right-facing with dots \u0FD7 ࿗
Svasti sign, left-facing with dots \u0FD8 ࿘
A, circled latin capital letter \u24B6 Ⓐ Anarchism
Shamrock \u2618 ☘ Ireland
Skull and crossbones \u2620 ☠ piracy, poison, death
Ankh \u2625 ☥
Orthodox cross \u2626 ☦ Patriarchal cross
Chi Rho \u2627 ☧ Labarum
Cross of Lorraine \u2628 ☨ Patriarchal cross
Cross of Jerusalem \u2629 ☩
Star and crescent \u262A ☪ Islam
Farsi symbol \u262B ☫ Coat of arms of Iran
Khanda \u262C ☬ Sikhism
Hammer and sickle \u262D ☭ Communism
Peace symbol \u262E ☮
Taijitu \u262F ☯ yin and yang
Wheel of Dharma \u2638 ☸ Buddhism
Frowning face \u2639 ☹ sadness
Smiling face, white \u263A ☺ happiness
Smiling face, black \u263B ☻ happiness
Heart \u2661 ♡ love
Heart \u2665 ♥ love
Cross, west syriac \u2670 ♰ Syriac Christianity
Cross, east syriac \u2671 ♱ Syriac Christianity
fleur-de-lis \u269C ⚜ France
Pentagram \u26E4 ⛤ wicca, neopaganism, Bahá'í Faith
Pentagram, interlaced \u26E5 ⛥ wicca, neopaganism
Pentagram, interlaced \u26E6 ⛦ wicca, neopaganism
Pentagram, inverted \u26E7 ⛧ satanism, neopaganism
fist, raised \u270A ✊ defiance, solidarity, Marxism, pacifism, communism, anarchism, black nationalism
V sign \u270C ✌ victory
Cross, Latin \u271D ✝ Christianity
Cross, Latin hollow \u271E ✞ Christianity
Cross, Latin outlined \u271F ✟ Christianity
Cross, Maltese \u2720 ✠
Heart \u2764 ❤ love
Star of David \u2721 ✡ Judaism
Palm branch \u2E19 ⸙ victory
Swastika \u534D 卍 well-being, good luck
Swastika \u5350 卐 well-being, good luck (CJK unification), Nazism
Allah \uFDF2 ﷲ Islam
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