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〽️Part Alternation Mark Emoji

〽️ part alternation mark is encoded at U+303D U+FE0F and shipped with Unicode 6.0 (2010). Unicode files it under Symbols → Other Symbols, alongside 21 related emojis.

What 〽️ part alternation mark means

An assortment that ends up doing heavy lifting in lists and checklists. ✅️ and ❌️ mark done and not done, and the Japanese origin shows: ⭕️ and ❌️ follow the maru and batsu convention, where a circle means correct and a cross means wrong, a pairing English marking never uses. 🔰 is Japan's badge for new drivers, and ©️, ®️ and ™️ fuel jokes about ownership.

Unicode tags this one alternation, mark and part and files it under Symbols → Other Symbols.

Copy variants

part alternation mark carries a variation selector (U+FE0F) that forces colour rendering. Drop it and the same character renders as monochrome text.

Shortcodes

Type these instead of pasting — most chat apps expand them as you type.

How 〽️ is built

This emoji is more than one codepoint. Each part below is a character in its own right.

〽U+303Dpart alternation mark
·U+FE0FVariation selector (emoji style)

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+303D U+FE0F`
HTML hex	`〽️`
HTML decimal	`〽️`
CSS	`\303D\FE0F`
JavaScript	`\u{303D}\u{FE0F}`
Python	`\U0000303D\U0000FE0F`
Java / C#	`\u303D\uFE0F`
Rust	`\u{303d}\u{fe0f}`
Swift	`\u{303D}\u{FE0F}`
PHP	`\u{303D}\u{FE0F}`
URL encoded	`%E3%80%BD%EF%B8%8F`
UTF-8 bytes	`E3 80 BD EF B8 8F`
UTF-16 bytes	`303D FE0F`
Base64	`44C977iP`
Decimal	`12349 65039`
Introduced	Unicode 6.0 (2010)

Keywords

alternation
mark
part

How to type 〽️

Windows — press Win + . and search “part alternation mark”.
macOS — press Ctrl + Cmd + Space to open the character viewer.
iOS & Android — switch to the emoji keyboard and type “alternation”.
Linux — press Ctrl + Shift + U, then type 303d and Enter.
HTML — paste 〽️.

How 〽️ renders

The same character drawn with whichever emoji fonts your device has installed. Apple, Google and Microsoft each draw it differently, so what you see below depends on what you are reading this on.

〽️Apple
〽️Segoe
〽️Noto
〽️System

Frequently asked questions

What does the 〽️ part alternation mark emoji mean?+

〽️ is the part alternation mark emoji, tagged alternation, mark and part. An assortment that ends up doing heavy lifting in lists and checklists. ✅️ and ❌️ mark done and not done, and the Japanese origin shows: ⭕️ and ❌️ follow the maru and batsu convention, where a circle means correct and a cross means wrong, a pairing English marking never uses. 🔰 is Japan's badge for new drivers, and ©️, ®️ and ™️ fuel jokes about ownership.

What is the Unicode code for 〽️?+

part alternation mark is U+303D U+FE0F. In HTML that is 〽️, in CSS \303D\FE0F, and in JavaScript \u{303D}\u{FE0F}. The full table above lists every escape format.

When was the 〽️ emoji added?+

part alternation mark got its emoji presentation in Unicode 6.0 (2010). Platforms that shipped before that release may draw it in plain text, or not at all — that is why the same character can look different on an old phone.

Added in Unicode 6.0 (2010)

Other emojis that shipped in the same Unicode release as 〽️ part alternation mark.