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U+2604 · COMET

Comet

  • CodepointU+2604
  • NameCOMET
  • Emoji namecomet
  • Decimal9732
  • BlockMiscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySo — Other Symbol
  • Unicode version1.1 (1993)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2604 (☄) is COMET, a symbol in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 1.1 (1993).

Its emoji name (CLDR short name) is “comet”, in the Travel & Places group, subgroup sky & weather. By default it is shown as a text glyph; follow it with U+FE0F VARIATION SELECTOR-16 to request the colour emoji form (U+2604 U+FE0F), or with U+FE0E VARIATION SELECTOR-15 to force text style.

How to type ☄

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 98 843 bytes
UTF-1626041 code unit
UTF-32000026044 bytes
HTML decimal☄
HTML hex☄
CSS\2604in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2604
JSON\u2604
Python\u2604
Python\N{COMET}by name
Java / C#\u2604
C / C++\u2604universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2604}
Go\u2604
Ruby\u2604
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(9732)
URL-encoded%E2%98%84percent-encoded UTF-8
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Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols

All in block →
U+2600☀Black Sun with Rays U+2601☁Cloud U+2602☂Umbrella U+2603☃Snowman U+2605★Black Star U+2606☆White Star U+2607☇Lightning U+2608☈Thunderstorm U+2609☉Sun U+260A☊Ascending Node