East Syriac cross

Meaning and uses

The second of the two Syriac crosses in Unicode. It is a favourite ornate cross in gothic text, as in ♱ name ♱.

Unicode details

♱ is the Unicode character named EAST SYRIAC CROSS, code point U+2671, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It was added in Unicode 3.0 in 1999, 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 2671 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 “east syriac cross”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2671, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ♱. In a CSS content property, use "\2671".