How do I type the ☙ reversed rotated floral heart bullet symbol?

On Windows, type 2619 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2619. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.

What is the code for ☙?

Reversed Rotated Floral Heart Bullet is U+2619. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.

What kind of character is ☙?

Reversed Rotated Floral Heart Bullet is filed under Other symbol in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, and was introduced in Unicode 3.0. 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.

U+2619 · Other symbol

Reversed Rotated Floral Heart Bullet Symbol ☙

☙ is reversed rotated floral heart bullet, U+2619, in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. It was added in Unicode 3.0, and Unicode files it under Other symbol.

What Unicode says about ☙

a binding signature mark

— annotation from the Unicode Standard, NamesList.txt

Codes & technical data

Unicode	`U+2619`
HTML hex	`☙`
HTML decimal	`☙`
CSS	`\2619`
JavaScript	`\u{2619}`
Python	`\U00002619`
Java / C#	`\u2619`
Rust	`\u{2619}`
Swift	`\u{2619}`
PHP	`\u{2619}`
URL encoded	`%E2%98%99`
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 98 99`
UTF-16 bytes	`2619`
Base64	`4piZ`
Decimal	`9753`
Category	Other symbol (So)
Introduced	Unicode 3.0

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.

Other bullet characters

Unicode names 8 characters ending in “bullet”. They differ by direction, weight or decoration rather than by meaning.

Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols

A broad block covering weather, astrology, chess, music, religion and warning signs. Many members also have an emoji presentation, which is why the same character can look monochrome in one app and full-colour in another.

All 256 characters in Miscellaneous Symbols →

How to type ☙

Windows	Type `2619` then press `Alt`+`X`
macOS	Press `Ctrl`+`Cmd`+`Space`, then search for “reversed rotated floral heart bullet”
Linux	Press `Ctrl`+`Shift`+`U`, type `2619`, 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 ☙ reversed rotated floral heart bullet symbol?: On Windows, type 2619 and press Alt+X. On Linux press Ctrl+Shift+U then 2619. On any system the quickest route is the copy button on this page.
What is the code for ☙?: Reversed Rotated Floral Heart Bullet is U+2619. In UTF-8 it takes 3 bytes. The table above lists every escape format.
What kind of character is ☙?: Reversed Rotated Floral Heart Bullet is filed under Other symbol in the Miscellaneous Symbols block, and was introduced in Unicode 3.0. 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.