U+26EA

Church⛪

Church is a color emoji character from the Unicode Miscellaneous Symbols block, listed here under Religion & Belief and Office & Objects. 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 "christian", "building", "religion".

Quick facts

Unicode
U+26EA
Decimal
9962
Hex
0x26EA
Octal
0o23352

Unicode identity

FormatValueCopy
Code pointOfficial Unicode notationU+26EA
Official nameUnicodeData.txt, Unicode 18.0.0CHURCH
DecimalBase 109962
HexadecimalBase 160x26EA
OctalBase 80o23352
BinaryBase 20010011011101010
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: "…"\26EA
URL encodedPercent-encoded UTF-8%E2%9B%AA

Programming languages

FormatValueCopy
JavaScript / TypeScript\u26EA
JSONUTF-16 surrogate pairs\u26EA
Python\u26EA
Java / C# / Kotlin\u26EA

Byte encodings

FormatValueCopy
UTF-83 bytesE2 9B AA
UTF-16 (BE)26EA
UTF-32 (BE)000026EA

How to type Church

  • Windows

    Hold Alt and type +26EA with the hex numeric keypad option enabled, or type 26EA then press Alt+X in Word and most Office apps.

  • macOS

    Enable the Unicode Hex Input keyboard, hold Option, and type 26EA. Or open Character Viewer (Control+Command+Space) and search "Church".

  • Linux

    Press Ctrl+Shift+U, type 26ea, 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, \26EA in CSS, and \u26EA in JavaScript.

Official Unicode reference

Character name
CHURCH
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 Church 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 Church?

Church is U+26EA (decimal 9962, hexadecimal 0x26EA, octal 0o23352). 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 Church?

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

What is the HTML code for Church?

Use ⛪ or ⛪. In CSS, use content: "\26EA".

How do I type Church in code?

JavaScript: "\u26EA". Python: "\u26EA". JSON and Java: "\u26EA". The UTF-8 byte sequence is E2 9B AA.

Is Church an emoji?

Yes. Church has Emoji_Presentation in Unicode, so most platforms render it as a full-color emoji by default. Append U+FE0E to force a monochrome text glyph.

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