| Symbol Name | Male Sign |
| Unicode Version | 4.0 |
| Unicode | U+2642 |
| Unicode block | |
| General category | Emoji (So) |
| CSS Code | \2642 |
| Hex Code | 0x2642 |
| HTML Code | ♂️ |
| LaTeX | LuaLaTeX/XeLaTeX: literal grapheme cluster or \usepackage{emoji} (engine-dependent) |
| Symbol | ♂️ |
| URL encode (UTF-8 percent) | %E2%99%82%EF%B8%8F |
| Discord / Slack shortcode | :male_sign: |
| GitHub shortcode | :male_sign: |
| Spoken / screen reader name | Male Sign |
| UTF-8 | E2 99 82 EF B8 8F |
| UTF-16 | 2642 FE0F |
| UTF-32 | 00002642 0000FE0F |
1\documentclass{article}2\usepackage{pifont}3LuaLaTeX/XeLaTeX: literal grapheme cluster or \usepackage{emoji} (engine-dependent)4\end{document}You can type the male sign symbol on most modern devices with the help of following methods:
Windows: Win + . ; macOS: Ctrl + Cmd + Space; mobile: Symbols & Signs in emoji keyboard.
Edit → Emoji & Symbols, search "male sign".
Emoji picker (IBus, GNOME Characters) or paste from this page.
Emoji keyboard → Symbols, or search "male sign".
Emoji keyboard → Symbols; search "male sign".
1span.male-sign::before { content: "\2642"; } /* prefer inline grapheme for ZWJ */1<span>♂️</span>Male Sign symbol's representation in different programming languages can be found in the table below:
| Language | Representation |
|---|---|
| JavaScript / TypeScript | String.fromCodePoint(0x2642, 0xFE0F) |
| Python | '\N{MALE SIGN}' |
| Rust | '\u{2642}' |
| Swift | "\u{2642}" |
| Go | string(rune(0x2642)) |
| Ruby | "\u{2642}" |