U+23DA

Earth ground⏚

Earth ground is a monochrome text character from the Unicode Miscellaneous Technical block, listed here under Time & Clocks. Copy it with one click, or use the hex, octal, decimal and HTML entity codes below to embed it in web pages, code, and documents. It is often searched for as "electrical", "ground".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+23DA
Decimal
9178
Hex
0x23DA
Octal
0o21732

Unicode identity

FormatValueCopy
Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+23DA
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0EARTH GROUND
DecimalBase 109178
HexadecimalBase 160x23DA
OctalBase 80o21732
BinaryBase 20010001111011010
General categorySymbol, otherSo
Unicode blockU+2300–U+23FFMiscellaneous Technical
PlaneBasic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0)

HTML & CSS

FormatValueCopy
HTML entity (decimal)⏚
HTML entity (hex)⏚
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\23DA
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%E2%8F%9A

Programming languages

FormatValueCopy
JavaScript / TypeScript\u23DA
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u23DA
Python\u23DA
Java / C# / Kotlin\u23DA

Byte encodings

FormatValueCopy
UTF-83 bytesE2 8F 9A
UTF-16 (BE)23DA
UTF-32 (BE)000023DA

How to type Earth ground

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +23DA with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type 23DA then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 23DA. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Earth ground".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 23da, then press Space or Enter in GTK apps. IBus and most terminals support the same sequence.

  • HTML, CSS & code

    Paste the character directly, or use the escapes above: ⏚ in HTML, \23DA in CSS, and \u23DA in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
EARTH GROUND
Block
Miscellaneous Technical (U+2300–U+23FF)
General category
So — Symbol, other

Data from the Unicode Character Database, version 18.0.0. See the official code chart for the Miscellaneous Technical block: U2300.pdf (PDF, unicode.org).

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy the Earth ground symbol?

Click the Copy button at the top of this page, or select ⏚ and press Ctrl+C (Cmd+C on Mac). It is plain Unicode text, so it pastes into documents, chats, code, and design tools.

What is the Unicode code point for Earth ground?

Earth ground is U+23DA (decimal 9178, hexadecimal 0x23DA, octal 0o21732). It lives in the Miscellaneous Technical block (U+2300–U+23FF) of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0).

What is the official Unicode name of Earth ground?

The Unicode Standard (version 18.0.0) names this character "EARTH GROUND". Its General_Category is So (Symbol, other).

What is the HTML code for Earth ground?

Use ⏚ or ⏚. In CSS, use content: "\23DA".

How do I type Earth ground in code?

JavaScript: "\u23DA". Python: "\u23DA". JSON and Java: "\u23DA". The UTF-8 byte sequence is E2 8F 9A.

Is Earth ground an emoji?

No. Earth ground is a text symbol and renders as a monochrome glyph in the current font. Some platforms may offer an emoji variant when U+FE0F is appended.

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