Orthodox cross

Meaning and uses

The Orthodox cross, with a short bar at the top and a slanted bar near the foot. It is used in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, particularly in the Russian Orthodox Church.

Unicode details

☦ is the Unicode character named ORTHODOX CROSS, code point U+2626, 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 “orthodox cross”. 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.

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 “orthodox cross”. 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 “orthodox cross”.
• On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2626, then Space or Enter.
• In HTML, use ☦. In a CSS content property, use "\2626".