☦️ Orthodox Cross emoji

Copy the ☦️ Orthodox Cross emoji (2 code points), a Symbols emoji from Emoji 1.0 (2015). HTML ☦️ and CSS, JavaScript, Python and URL codes.

CLDR name: orthodox cross
Code points: U+2626 U+FE0F
Type: Character plus emoji variation selector
Group: Symbols
Subgroup: Religion
Introduced: Emoji 1.0 (2015)
Text form: ☦ (U+2626)
Keywords: Christian, cross, orthodox, religion

About this emoji

☦️ Orthodox Cross is an emoji in the Symbols group, religion subgroup, first released in Emoji 1.0 (2015).

CLDR, the Unicode project that supplies emoji names in many languages, gives it the English keywords Christian, cross, orthodox and religion; that is what emoji keyboards match when you search.

It is the character ☦ (U+2626 ORTHODOX CROSS) followed by the variation selector U+FE0F, which asks for the colourful emoji style. Without the selector, many systems show a plain text symbol instead.

Codes to copy

HTML decimal	`☦️`Works in HTML and XML.
HTML hex	`☦️`Works in HTML and XML.
CSS	`content: "\2626 \FE0F";`In a stylesheet, for ::before and ::after.
JavaScript	`"\u2626\uFE0F"`Also valid in JSON.
Python	`"\u2626\ufe0f"`Python 3 string literal.
Python by name	`"\N{ORTHODOX CROSS}\N{VARIATION SELECTOR-16}"`Readable alternative using the Unicode name.
URL	`%E2%98%A6%EF%B8%8F`Percent-encoded UTF-8 bytes, for a path or query value.
UTF-8 bytes	`E2 98 A6 EF B8 8F`6 bytes in all.
UTF-16	`2626 FE0F`2 code units, which is what JavaScript length counts.

What it is made of

Code point	Shows as	Unicode name
`U+2626`	☦	ORTHODOX CROSS
`U+FE0F`	invisible	VARIATION SELECTOR-16

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