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Taurus
U+2649 · Miscellaneous Symbols
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Meaning and uses
The zodiac sign Taurus, for birthdays from about April 20 to May 20. The glyph is a bull's head, drawn as a circle with horns curving up from it.
Unicode details
♉ is the Unicode character named TAURUS, code point U+2649, 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 “Taurus”, so phones and most apps draw it in colour, and each platform has its own design.
| Unicode name | TAURUS |
|---|---|
| Code point | U+2649 |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| Added | Unicode 1.1 (1993) |
| Emoji name | Taurus |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 99 89 |
| UTF-16 | 2649 |
| HTML | ♉ |
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 “Taurus”. 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 “Taurus”.
- On Linux, most desktops accept Ctrl+Shift+U, then 2649, then Space or Enter.
- In HTML, use
♉. In a CSScontentproperty, use"\2649".