U+2318 · Other symbol
Place Of Interest Sign Symbol ⌘
⌘ is place of interest sign, U+2318. Unicode also records it as “command key (1.0)”. It was added in Unicode 1.1, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.
Also known as
- command key (1.0)
- operating system key (ISO 9995-7)
Unicode 1.0 called this character command key. The standard renamed it later, but documents, fonts and font-editing tools from that era still use the old name.
Codes & technical data
| Unicode | U+2318 | |
|---|---|---|
| HTML hex | ⌘ | |
| HTML decimal | ⌘ | |
| CSS | \2318 | |
| JavaScript | \u{2318} | |
| Python | \U00002318 | |
| Java / C# | \u2318 | |
| Rust | \u{2318} | |
| Swift | \u{2318} | |
| PHP | \u{2318} | |
| URL encoded | %E2%8C%98 | |
| UTF-8 bytes | E2 8C 98 | |
| UTF-16 bytes | 2318 | |
| Base64 | 4oyY | |
| Decimal | 8984 | |
| Category | Other symbol (So) | |
| Introduced | Unicode 1.1 | |
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.
Nearby in Miscellaneous Technical
Symbols from engineering, electronics and computing: APL operators, keyboard keys, dentistry and cartography marks. The ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ ⏎ keys people paste into shortcut documentation live here.
How to type ⌘
| Windows | Type 2318 then press Alt+X |
|---|---|
| macOS | Press Ctrl+Cmd+Space, then search for “place of interest sign” |
| Linux | Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 2318, 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 ⌘ place of interest sign symbol?
- On Windows, type 2318 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2318. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
- What is the code for ⌘?
- Place Of Interest Sign is U+2318. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
- What kind of character is ⌘?
- Place Of Interest Sign is filed under Other symbol in the Miscellaneous Technical block, and was introduced in Unicode 1.1. 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.