U+2B59 · Other symbol
Heavy Circled Saltire Symbol ⭙
⭙ is heavy circled saltire, U+2B59. Unicode also records it as “police station”. It was added in Unicode 5.2, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
Also known as
- police station
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+2B59 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ⭙ | |
| HTML decimal | ⭙ | |
| CSS | \2B59 | |
| JavaScript | \u{2B59} | |
| Python | \U00002B59 | |
| Java / C# | \u2B59 | |
| Rust | \u{2b59} | |
| Swift | \u{2B59} | |
| PHP | \u{2B59} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%AD%99 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 AD 99 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 2B59 | |
| Base64 | 4q2Z | |
| Decimal | 11097 | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 5.2 | |
Will ⭙ survive being pasted?
- Normalisation. Yes. ⭙ is unchanged by NFKC, so it survives normalising systems intact.
- Legacy encodings. ⭙ is Unicode-only — it has no Latin-1 equivalent, so a system stuck on an 8-bit encoding cannot represent it.
- Size. 3 bytes in UTF-8. Character-limited fields — SMS, bios, some form validators — usually count bytes, not characters.
Unicode cross-references
The standard points readers of ⭙ at these characters — usually because they look alike, or because one is the correct choice where the other is often used by mistake.
Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows
A mixed block of arrows, stars, and geometric shapes in weights and colours the earlier blocks did not cover, plus a set of astronomical symbols.
How to type ⭙
| Windows | Type 2B59 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “heavy circled saltire” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2b59, press Enter |
| HTML | ⭙ |
About Unicode’s Other symbol category
Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I type the ⭙ heavy circled saltire symbol?
- On Windows, type 2B59 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2b59. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ⭙?
- Heavy Circled Saltire is U+2B59. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ⭙?
- Heavy Circled Saltire is filed under Other symbol in the Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows block, and was introduced in Unicode 5.2. Unicode files this under "other symbol" — the catch-all for pictographs, signs and marks that are neither maths, currency, nor letter-like. It is the largest symbol category in the standard.