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U+2623 · BIOHAZARD SIGN

Biohazard Sign

  • CodepointU+2623
  • NameBIOHAZARD SIGN
  • Emoji namebiohazard
  • Decimal9763
  • 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+2623 (☣) is BIOHAZARD SIGN, 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 “biohazard”, in the Symbols group, subgroup warning. By default it is shown as a text glyph; follow it with U+FE0F VARIATION SELECTOR-16 to request the colour emoji form (U+2623 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 A33 bytes
UTF-1626231 code unit
UTF-32000026234 bytes
HTML decimal☣
HTML hex☣
CSS\2623in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2623
JSON\u2623
Python\u2623
Python\N{BIOHAZARD SIGN}by name
Java / C#\u2623
C / C++\u2623universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2623}
Go\u2623
Ruby\u2623
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(9763)
URL-encoded%E2%98%A3percent-encoded UTF-8
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Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols

All in block →
U+261D☝White Up Pointing Index U+261E☞White Right Pointing Index U+261F☟White Down Pointing Index U+2620☠Skull and Crossbones U+2621☡Caution Sign U+2622☢Radioactive Sign U+2624☤Caduceus U+2625☥Ankh U+2626☦Orthodox Cross U+2627☧Chi Rho U+2628☨Cross of Lorraine U+2629☩Cross of Jerusalem