Ankh

Meaning and uses

The ankh, an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph for life: a cross with a loop at the top. It is popular in jewellery, tattoos and goth fashion.

Unicode details

☥ is the Unicode character named ANKH, code point U+2625, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It was added in Unicode 1.1 in 1993, and Unicode classes it as a symbol (general category So).

It is not an emoji, so it keeps the colour and size of the text around it.

Tap a code to copy it:

How to type ☥

• On any device, tap the copy button above, then paste with a long press on a phone, Ctrl+V on Windows or Cmd+V on a Mac.
• In Microsoft Word on Windows, type 2625 and then press Alt+X to turn the code into ☥.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “ankh”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2625, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ☥. In a CSS content property, use "\2625".