Black Cross On Shield

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Black Cross On Shield has no standard Windows Alt code. Copy the character directly, or use its HTML entity or Unicode value instead.

Alt code
None
HTML entity
⛨
Unicode
U+26E8

About this symbol

⛨, a black cross on a shield, is a symbol for a hospital, according to Unicode’s notes. It joined Unicode in 2009 with the map symbols of Japanese digital television.

Unicode facts

Official name
BLACK CROSS ON SHIELD
Also called
Hospital
Type
Symbol
Unicode block
Miscellaneous Symbols
Unicode group
Map symbols from ARIB STD B24
Added in
Unicode 5.2 (2009)
Related
🏥 Hospital U+1F3E5

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