U+262D

Hammer and sickle☭

Hammer and sickle is a monochrome text character from the Unicode Miscellaneous Symbols block, listed here under Religion & Belief. 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 "communism", "soviet", "politics".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+262D
Decimal
9773
Hex
0x262D
Octal
0o23055

Unicode identity

FormatValueCopy
Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+262D
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0HAMMER AND SICKLE
DecimalBase 109773
HexadecimalBase 160x262D
OctalBase 80o23055
BinaryBase 20010011000101101
General categorySymbol, otherSo
Unicode blockU+2600–U+26FFMiscellaneous Symbols
PlaneBasic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0)

HTML & CSS

FormatValueCopy
HTML entity (decimal)☭
HTML entity (hex)☭
CSS content escapeUse inside content: "…"\262D
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%E2%98%AD

Programming languages

FormatValueCopy
JavaScript / TypeScript\u262D
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u262D
Python\u262D
Java / C# / Kotlin\u262D

Byte encodings

FormatValueCopy
UTF-83 bytesE2 98 AD
UTF-16 (BE)262D
UTF-32 (BE)0000262D

How to type Hammer and sickle

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +262D with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type 262D then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 262D. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Hammer and sickle".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 262d, 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, \262D in CSS, and \u262D in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
HAMMER AND SICKLE
Block
Miscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF)
General category
So — Symbol, other

Data from the Unicode Character Database, version 18.0.0. See the official code chart for the Miscellaneous Symbols block: U2600.pdf (PDF, unicode.org).

Frequently asked questions

How do I copy the Hammer and sickle 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 Hammer and sickle?

Hammer and sickle is U+262D (decimal 9773, hexadecimal 0x262D, octal 0o23055). It lives in the Miscellaneous Symbols block (U+2600–U+26FF) of the Basic Multilingual Plane (BMP, Plane 0).

What is the official Unicode name of Hammer and sickle?

The Unicode Standard (version 18.0.0) names this character "HAMMER AND SICKLE". Its General_Category is So (Symbol, other).

What is the HTML code for Hammer and sickle?

Use ☭ or ☭. In CSS, use content: "\262D".

How do I type Hammer and sickle in code?

JavaScript: "\u262D". Python: "\u262D". JSON and Java: "\u262D". The UTF-8 byte sequence is E2 98 AD.

Is Hammer and sickle an emoji?

No. Hammer and sickle 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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