Maltese cross

Meaning and uses

The Maltese cross, with four arms shaped like arrowheads. It is associated with the Knights of Malta and with firefighters, and it gives names a medieval look.

Unicode details

✠ is the Unicode character named MALTESE CROSS, code point U+2720, in the Dingbats 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 2720 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 “maltese cross”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2720, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ✠ or ✠. In a CSS content property, use "\2720".