U+2638 Wheel of Dharma
U+2638 was added to Unicode in version 1.1 (1993). It belongs to the block
This character is a Other Symbol and is commonly used, that is, in no specific script.
The glyph is not a composition. It has a Neutral East Asian Width. In bidirectional context it acts as Other Neutral and is not mirrored. The glyph can, under circumstances, be confused with 1 other glyphs. In text U+2638 behaves as Alphabetic regarding line breaks. It has type Other for sentence and Other for word breaks. The Grapheme Cluster Break is Any.
The CLDR project labels this character “wheel of dharma” for use in screen reading software. It assigns additional tags, e.g. for search in emoji pickers: Buddhist, dharma, religion, wheel.
This character is designated as an emoji. It will be rendered as monochrome character on conforming platforms. To enable colorful emoji display, you can combine it with
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
The dharmachakra (Sanskrit: धर्मचक्र; Pali: dhammacakka) or wheel of dharma is a widespread symbol used in Indian religions, including Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism.
Historically, the dharmachakra was often used as a decoration in East Asian statues and inscriptions, beginning with the earliest period of East Asian culture to the present. It remains a major symbol of the Buddhist religion today.
Representations
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Nº | 9784 |
UTF-8 | E2 98 B8 |
UTF-16 | 26 38 |
UTF-32 | 00 00 26 38 |
URL-Quoted | %E2%98%B8 |
HTML hex reference | ☸ |
Wrong windows-1252 Mojibake | ☸ |
Related Characters
Confusables
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Complete Record
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WHEEL OF DHARMA | |
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