U+271C Heavy Open Centre Cross
U+271C was added in Unicode version 1.1 in 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 no designated width in East Asian texts. In bidirectional text it acts as Other Neutral. When changing direction it is not mirrored. The word that U+271C forms with similar adjacent characters prevents a line break inside it.
The Wikipedia has the following information about this codepoint:
A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two intersecting lines or bars, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of the Latin letter X, is termed a saltire in heraldic terminology.
The cross has been widely recognized as a symbol of Christianity from an early period in that religion's history. Before then, it was used as a religious or cultural symbol throughout Europe, in western and south Asia (the latter, in the form of the original Swastika); and in Egypt, where the Ankh was a hieroglyph that represented "life" and was used in the worship of the god Aten. The effigy of a man hanging on a cross was set up in the fields to protect the crops. It often appeared in conjunction with the female-genital circle or oval, to signify the sacred marriage, as in Egyptian amulet Nefer with male cross and female orb, considered as an amulet of blessedness, a charm of sexual harmony.
Representations
System | Representation |
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Nº | 10012 |
UTF-8 | E2 9C 9C |
UTF-16 | 27 1C |
UTF-32 | 00 00 27 1C |
URL-Quoted | %E2%9C%9C |
HTML hex reference | ✜ |
Wrong windows-1252 Mojibake | ✜ |
LATEX | \ding{60} |
Elsewhere
Complete Record
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1.1 (1993) | |
HEAVY OPEN CENTRE CROSS | |
HEAVY OPEN CENTER CROSS | |
Dingbats | |
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NA | |
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Yes | |
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