- Cultural, political, and religious symbols in Unicode
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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 卍 \u534D 卍 well-being, good luck Swastika 卐 \u5350 卐 well-being, good luck (CJK unification), Nazism Allah ﷲ \uFDF2 ﷲ Islam Four leaf clover
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