U+269A

Staff of Hermes⚚

Staff of Hermes 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 "caduceus", "greek".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+269A
Decimal
9882
Hex
0x269A
Octal
0o23232

Unicode identity

FormatValueCopy
Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+269A
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0STAFF OF HERMES
DecimalBase 109882
HexadecimalBase 160x269A
OctalBase 80o23232
BinaryBase 20010011010011010
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: "…"\269A
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%E2%9A%9A

Programming languages

FormatValueCopy
JavaScript / TypeScript\u269A
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u269A
Python\u269A
Java / C# / Kotlin\u269A

Byte encodings

FormatValueCopy
UTF-83 bytesE2 9A 9A
UTF-16 (BE)269A
UTF-32 (BE)0000269A

How to type Staff of Hermes

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +269A with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type 269A then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 269A. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Staff of Hermes".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 269a, 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, \269A in CSS, and \u269A in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
STAFF OF HERMES
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 Staff of Hermes 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 Staff of Hermes?

Staff of Hermes is U+269A (decimal 9882, hexadecimal 0x269A, octal 0o23232). 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 Staff of Hermes?

The Unicode Standard (version 18.0.0) names this character "STAFF OF HERMES". Its General_Category is So (Symbol, other).

What is the HTML code for Staff of Hermes?

Use ⚚ or ⚚. In CSS, use content: "\269A".

How do I type Staff of Hermes in code?

JavaScript: "\u269A". Python: "\u269A". JSON and Java: "\u269A". The UTF-8 byte sequence is E2 9A 9A.

Is Staff of Hermes an emoji?

No. Staff of Hermes 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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