Male sign

U+2642

The astronomical symbol for Mars, which biology adopted for male. Like ♀, it forms part of many gendered emoji sequences.

Official name: MALE SIGN
Unicode block: Miscellaneous Symbols
Added in: Unicode 1.1
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UTF-8 bytes: E2 99 82
Keywords: male, man, sign, space, astrology, planet, moon, horoscope, women, men, female
Keyboard: Windows: hold Alt, type 11 on the number pad
Categories: Cosmos & zodiac Gender

The Unicode standard defines this character, but your device’s fonts decide how it looks, so it may differ on other screens.

Data: Unicode 16.0, Emoji 16.0.

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