Libra

Meaning and uses

The zodiac sign Libra, for birthdays from about September 23 to October 22. The glyph shows a set of scales, sometimes read as the sun setting on the horizon.

Unicode details

♎ is the Unicode character named LIBRA, code point U+264E, 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 an emoji, listed under the name “Libra”, so phones and most apps draw it in colour, and each platform has its own design.

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.
• On a phone, it is on the emoji keyboard: search for “Libra”. On Windows, press the Windows key and the full stop (Win+.) to open the emoji panel and search there.
• On a Mac, press Control+Cmd+Space to open the Character Viewer, then search for “Libra”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 264e, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ♎. In a CSS content property, use "\264E".