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Male sign
U+2642 · Miscellaneous Symbols
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Meaning and uses
The male sign, a circle with an arrow pointing up and to the right. It comes from the astronomical symbol for Mars and is used in biology and on gender labels.
Unicode details
♂ is the Unicode character named MALE SIGN, code point U+2642, 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 can also appear as an emoji, listed under the name “male sign”. Plain text is its default, but some apps draw it in colour anyway. Adding the invisible variation selector U+FE0F after it asks for the emoji style, and U+FE0E asks for plain text.
| Unicode name | MALE SIGN |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2642 |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| Added | Unicode 1.1 (1993) |
| Emoji name | male sign |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 99 82 |
| UTF-16 | 2642 |
| HTML | ♂ or ♂ |
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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 “male sign”. 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 “male sign”.
- On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2642, then Space or Enter.
- In HTML, use
♂or♂. In a CSScontentproperty, use"\2642".